In Mr. D. Johnson's Sketches, the Gaur is described as a kind of wild bullock, of prodigious size, residing in the Ramghur district, not well known to Europeans. Mr. Johnson says: "I have never obtained a sight of them, but have often seen the print of their feet, the impression of one of them covering as large a space as a common china plate. According to the account I received from a number of persons they are much larger than the largest of our oxen; light brown colour, with short horns, and inhabit the thickest covers. They keep together in herds, and a herd of them is always near the Luggo-hill; they are also in the heavy jungles between Ramghur and Nagpoor. I saw the skin of one that had been killed by Rajah Futty Narrain; its exact size I do not recollect, but I well remember that it astonished me, having never seen the skin of any animal so large. Some gentlemen at Chittrah have tried all in their power to procure a calf without success. The Shecarries and villagers are so much afraid of these animals, that they cannot be prevailed on to go near them, or to endeavour to catch any of their young. It is a prevailing opinion in the country, that if they are in the least molested, they will attack the persons disturbing them, and never quit them until they are destroyed; and should they get into a tree, they will remain near it for many days." The word Gau, or Ghoo, as it is sometimes spelled by European writers, appears to be used both as a generic and specific term, in Persia and Hindostan; and as it has the same meaning, and nearly the same sound, as the German word _Kuh_, and the English _Cow_, it is highly probable that its origin is the same. As the word _ur_, in Hindostan, appears to have the meaning of _wild_, or _savage,_ the name Gaur, or Gau-ur, literally signifies the _wild cow._ Should the prefix _aur_, in the German word _Aurochs_, be merely a form, or different mode of spelling the prefix _ur,_ then the name _Aurochs_ would be precisely synonymous with the Hindostanee _Gau-ur_. That _aur_ is, in this instance, merely a different spelling of the prefix _ur_, would appear to be corroborated by the circumstance that the term _Urus_ is the latinized form of the German _Aurochs_.--_From a MS. Note by Mr. W. A. Chatto._ [Illustration: Head of Gaur, from the stuffed Specimen in the British Museum.] THE ARNEE, OR ARNA. [Illustration] It does not appear, that the Arnee had been noticed by Europeans until the year 1792, when the following detailed account appeared in a weekly Miscellany, called '_The Bee_,' conducted by Dr. J. Anderson. This animal is hitherto unknown among the naturalists of Europe. It is a native of the higher parts of Hindostan, being scarcely ever found lower down than the Plains of Plassy, above which they are found in considerable numbers, and are well known by the natives.