ust not be struck. Near Calcutta, they often break into gardens,
put their noses into pastrycook's and fruiterer's shops, and have not
the least hesitation, when they are affronted, in going up to the
offenders and giving them a poke with their horns.

The Zebus are spread over India, China, the Archipelago, Madagascar, and
several parts of Africa. They are distinguished by a hump of fat between
their shoulders, and they are as good for the saddle as for draught.
They are more active and agile than we can imagine them to be,
accustomed as we are to the slow, heavy pace of others of the tribe;
they go with ease at the rate of six miles an hour, and travel for
fifteen or sixteen hours in the day. Their paces are very agreeable,
being wholly without the circular motion of the hind legs, which makes
ours so tiring to ride. They will go over a five-barred gate, as well as
the best hunter; are equally good for the plough, or for threshing corn,
and the white are the most esteemed.

The Gayal affords the richest milk, and prefers feeding on trees. It
also comes from India; it is gentle even in its wild state, and runs
away from, but never faces man.

The Gours are much more formidable than the preceding; and the Indians
say the tiger has no chance with them when full grown. They also eat
trees and grass, and will not live in captivity. They grow to an immense
size; their back is arched, and a very thick ridge rises upon it, which
subsides towards the tail.

The Yak has narrow nostrils, the ears small and pointed, the forehead
covered with black curling hair, that on the back is smooth, and of a
dark brown or black colour, with one white stripe on the withers, and
another on the croup. The shoulders, sides, inside of thighs, and under
part of the body, are covered with a mane of hair which almost reaches
the ground and is of a grizzled black with a central line of white along
the belly. The tail is a large mass of glossy, coarse hair; quite
white, and from eighteen to twenty inches long. The horns are small,
pointed, and curve forwards. The animal is said to be very wild and
mischievous; but it can be tamed. The tails were used by the Mongols and
Tartars as standards, and throughout the East are now fitted into ivory
handles, and form brushes for driving away the flies. The Yaks are
dull-looking animals, and make a low, grunting noise, causing them to be
known in Europe as the grunting cow. They are very useful when
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