In Asia it should include the great Indian rhinoceros and its allied species, the burrhel, the Nilgiri tahr and the gayal. |
According to this gentleman the gayal lives to the age of twenty or twenty-five years, and reaches its full growth at five years. |
The natives call him the As'l gayal, in contra-distinction to the Gabay. |
One gayal was shot dead and the rest were too frightened to visit nearby communes where they often drink water. |
On this occasion the performer provides 40-45 rice beer pots, one gayal and rice to the villagers. |
The animal here alluded to is another species of gayal found wild in the hills of Chatgaon. |