. The encyclopaedia of sport. , as is very nearly the wholelength of each flank, and a line rising obliquelyacross the buttocks, where the colour of the long hairchanges toabrowri hue. This long penduloushair, which constitutes one of the chief character-istics of the species, attains its greatest length onthe groin and tail. The tail at its origin is-clothed with shoit adpressed hair, which rapidlyincreases in length, and forms a huge blackwhisk, completely hiding the remainder of thecaudal extremity. Along the ridge of the neckis a dark brown streak, reaching nearly to thewithers, which are
. The encyclopaedia of sport. , as is very nearly the wholelength of each flank, and a line rising obliquelyacross the buttocks, where the colour of the long hairchanges toabrowri hue. This long penduloushair, which constitutes one of the chief character-istics of the species, attains its greatest length onthe groin and tail. The tail at its origin is-clothed with shoit adpressed hair, which rapidlyincreases in length, and forms a huge blackwhisk, completely hiding the remainder of thecaudal extremity. Along the ridge of the neckis a dark brown streak, reaching nearly to thewithers, which are free from any medial line ;but the lumbar region is traversed by a palecentral streak, which becomes dark brown as itapproaches the tail. From the hip a blackishline passes diagonally across the loins ; this iscomposed of slightly longer hair than that onthe upper part of the body, the whole of whichis short and close. In winter the long hair ofthe flanks probably extends much higher. The horns are black, very strong, compact. Jit. at slionldsr^ 66 in. single horn mens. 36 in. and roundish, diverging outwards at the base,and slightly forwards, then bending backwardswith a bold curve, the tips converging towardseach other. The hoofs are solid, compact, andblack. The grey hairs about the nostrils are foundonly in wild, not in domestic examples. The wild yak is known by the people ofKumaon and Gurhwal as bi/nchoiti: My principal object in visiting Hoondes ^and Tibet in 1853, was to get one or two wildyaks, at that time looked upon as almost fabulous-animals. None, so far as I was aware, had everbeen seen by an Englishman until 1852, whenone was seen and shot by Mr. Beckett (asportsman from Almorah) in Hoondes, justacross the passes leading into that country fromAlmorah. The spoils (head and skin) werebrought into Almorah in great triumph, andthe event was very much talked about. In1853 several were shot. I shot six (all bulls),five of them very near the place where
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