The Memoirs of Bābur 932.8.7
The Bābur-nāma in English (A. S. Beveridge) 932.8.7
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The wild-buffalo[1749] is another. It is much larger than the (domestic) buffalo and its horns do not turn back in the same way.[1750] It is a mightily destructive and ferocious animal. The _nīla-gāū_ (blue-bull)[1751] is another. It may stand as high as a horse but is somewhat lighter in build. The male is bluish-gray, hence, seemingly, people call it nīla-gāū. It has two rather small horns. On its throat is a tuft of hair, nine inches long; (in this) it resembles the yak.[1752] Its hoof is cleft (_aīrī_) like the hoof of cattle. The doe is of the colour of the _būghū-marāl_[1753]; she, for her part, has no horns and is plumper than the male.