Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.15902

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1783.—". . . on the opposite side saw several of the black chowry-tailed cattle. . . . This very singular and curious animal deserves a particular description. . . . The *Yak of Tartary*, called *Soora Goy* in Hindostan. . . ."—*Turner's Embassy* (pubd. 1800), 185-6. [*Sir H. Yule identifies Soora Goy with Ch'āori Gāi; but, as will be seen above, the H. name is surāgāo.*]

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