THE NYL-GHAU--Description--Habits--THE MUSK OX--Difficulties in associating it--Distribution--Habits--THE OX--Chillingham Wild Cattle--Their Habits--Domestic Cattle--The Collings, Booth, and Bates Strains--American Breeding--Shorthorns, and other Breeds--Hungarian Oxen--Zebu--Gour--Gayal--Curious mode of Capturing Gayals--Banting--THE BISONS--Description--European Bison, or Aurochs--Almost extinct--Cæsar’s Description of it--American Bison--Distribution--Mythical Notions regarding it--Their Ferocity and Stupidity--“Buffalo” Flesh--THE YAK--Habits--THE BUFFALOES--Varieties--Description--Fight between two Bulls--THE ANOA--THE PRONGHORN ANTELOPE--Peculiarity as to its Horns and Skull--Professor Baird’s and Mr. Bartlett’s Independent Discovery of the Annual Shedding of the Horns--Habits--Peculiarity about its Feet--Colour--Difficulties as to its Position--THE MUSK [DEER]--Its Perfume--Where is it to be placed?--Description--Habits--Hunters for the Perfume--Their Sufferings--THE GIRAFFE--Peculiarities--Skull processes--Its Neck--Habitat--Running power--Habits--Hunting 29 CHAPTER IV. THE CERVIDÆ, OR ANTLERED RUMINANTS: THE ELK, ELAPHINE, SUB-ELAPHINE, AND RUSINE DEER. The Deer Tribe--Distinguishing Characters--Exceptions to the rule--The Musk (Deer) and Chinese Water Deer--Other Characters of the Cervidæ--Antlers, their Nature, Growth, and Shedding--The Knob--“Velvet”--Getting rid of the “Velvet”--Full equipment--Contests--Interlocking Antlers--Distribution--Classification--Development of Antlers in the Common RED DEER--Explanation of the various stages--Splendid “Heads”--Simple and Complex Antlers--Types of Antlers--THE ELK, OR MOOSE DEER--Appearance--Antlers--Habits--Hunting--THE ELAPHINE DEER--THE RED DEER--Distribution--Appearance--Hunting--THE WAPITI--Acting of the Fawns--THE PERSIAN DEER, OR MARAL--THE CASHMERIAN DEER, OR BARASINGHA--Habits and General Appearance--BARBARY DEER--SUB-ELAPHINE DEER--THE JAPANESE, FORMOSAN, AND MANTCHURIAN DEER--THE FALLOW DEER--Peculiarity of its Antlers--THE PERSIAN FALLOW DEER--THE RUSINE DEER--THE SAMBUR, OR GEROW--Habits--Species of Java, Formosa, Sumatra, Borneo, Timor, Ternate, and The Philippines--THE HOG DEER--THE AXIS DEER--PRINCE ALFRED’S DEER--THE SWAMP DEER--SCHOMBURGK’S DEER--ELD’S DEER, OR THE THAMYN--Description--Habits--Hunting--Shameful havoc 46 CHAPTER V. THE MUNTJACS--THE ROEBUCK--CHINESE DEER--REINDEER--AMERICAN DEER--DEERLETS--CAMEL TRIBE--LLAMAS.