1825 J Scientific Notices^1<^dohg^, 389 



conceals a Spare ^fleece of very soft wool lying close to the 

 animal's skin. The forehead is nearly black, and so are the 

 legs ; the belly white, and snout nearly so ; the snout in size and 

 shape deer ''like*^ the horns are placed very near each other 

 entirely ori^the back of the head, and with that side >upjferniost 

 on which^the annular marks are largest. 'iro.j 



Thi^ ihi^^t remarkable feature in the animaFs figure is the 

 excessive length of the neck, which is almost half of th& whole 

 body. . '. -^ \ \ .^\ .'■ , ., 5 , , ; 



The dimensions, so far as they can tae taken from so shrivelled 

 a^skiril^ai^as follows: - *• '- 



'^Th'^^'fekift'itJ^elf will probably be sent down by and bye, from 

 Which'a'-'iAWe accurate description can be made ; but tO'giiard 

 against contingencies the present one may suffice^JO^J'i^'^^ \ 



Total length five feet eight inches ; length of body four feet 

 two inches; circuit of body, very faulty, shrivelled, two feet 

 three inches ; length of body between the legs and beneath onfe 

 foot eleven inches ; above, from hip to shoulder blades, two fefet 

 34- inches ; the neck, from back of head to shoulder bone, one 

 foot nine inches; height of fore legs, the body being shri- 

 velled, only one foot eight inches ; of hind leg only, faulty, 

 one foot eight inches; length of head ten inches ; circuit of 

 head one foot eight and a half inches; length of horns two feet 

 one and a half inch : length of ears four inches and a half; lengtk 

 of tail eight inche^I^tJOiq iRfrri u sdi rl-o^mi^i t^^ j bJb^. 



Such are the dimension^ according to careful measurement: 

 the principal deficiency is in the bulk of the body, its depth, and 

 circumference, neither of which can be obtained in the present 

 skin. Admitting the Ghirsu, however, to be an antelope, the 

 general notion we have of that animal's figure, taken in con- 

 nexion with the proportions above given, will enable an adept in 

 the comparative anatomy of animals to deduce probably the 

 entire size of the Chirsu with tolerable accuracy. • ■ 



This is the rather to be attempted, because it is very unlikely 

 that we shallsoon obtain a living subject, and as long as the 

 skins only are brought, there seems little chance of one more 

 perfect than the present ever reaching Atmandra.'^(CQlcuttQ. 

 Orient. Mag.) "e \ > 



• 1^. On the Chinese Marnier of forming^ Artificial Pearls. 



- -, :.' ■ :' .'■ :.<''" .. By J. E. Gray. *.^ "^ ;; /% ' 

 Th a former riumb^er of this Journal, I gave an account of the 

 manner in which pearls might be formed artificially, of any size 

 or form that is required. In a late visit to the College of 

 Surgeons, I observed some pearls in the same species, of shell, 

 {Barbala FUcatay) which had the external appearance of being 

 formed artificially, which Mr. Clift, the excellent conservator 

 of this establishment, very kindly allowed me to examine and 

 describe. .,; ■:,, ; ; , ■ i ._ ■..,,_.^.. _; .■/,_ „ ■'•*■;, ; 



