Lives of the Lindsays, or, A memoir of the House of Crawford and Balcarres > Volume 4

1 12 ANECDOTES OF
horizontal direction from the lower ground ; upon which
he at last fell. I had then an opportunity of examining
his body, and found that, (except the last,) he had not
sustained any injury from the many balls fired at him.
And I was not a little pleased to extricate myself from
the crowd ; for the inhabitants from the adjoining vil-
lages, with a savage enthusiasm, had besmeared them-
selves with his blood, and were dancing around him
with frantic wildness. Every part of the carcase pos-
sessed, in their opinion, charms for one disease or an-
other, and was carried oif piece-meal. It was with
much difficulty that I secured the head and horn, which
I brought home with me, and have now in my posses-
sion. I had also the curiosity to secure a collop, with
which I made a very tolerable steak. Upon the first
view we had of him, when charging us on the hill, he
had all the appearance of a hog of enormous size. I
never knew an instance of his coming in contact with
the elephant or buffalo, but, from the powerful weapon
on his nose, I think he would prove a formidable anta-
gonist.
I must mention another animal, a native of these hills,
the Gayaul, nowhere described in Buffon's natural his-
tory. He is about the size of a large English ox, but
stouter in the body, and well made. He partakes of the
cow and buffalo, but is evidently of a separate class.
Attempts were frequently made to send them to Cal-
cutta, but they always died when brought to the low
country. Their milk was yellow as saffron, and in