112 Extracts from the “‘ Journal of a Survey to explore [Ave. 
to the height of about 2500 feet or more. The courses of the 
rock are disposed almost horizontally as high as 1000 feet above 
the river; but, towards the summits, they appear to incline in 
an angle of about 35°, the apex being to the SW. Heavy 
storms of hail and thunder. 
Rana to Bannasa; distance 7839 paces. Ascents and 
descents to the small village of Bari 2356 paces; 684 paces 
further descent to the Burha Ganga river, which has a course of 
about eight miles from the snows to the right; it is in two 
streams, each eight paces wide, and 18 inches deep, and joins 
the Jumna; 1480 paces of exceedingly steep ascent; the 
remainder, ascents and descents, and difficult road. Cross the 
Jumna on a sangha, and also the Bannasa river, which is about 
two-thirds of its size, and joins it here. Ascent to Bannasa, a 
small village, at the foot of arocky mountain, a fall from which 
last year destroyed half the village. Angle of altitude of the 
mountain, 40° 55’. Among the cliffs and on the summit, I 
observed with a telescope many of a species of animal peculiar 
to these elevated regions ; it is called Pheir, and as a moun- 
taineer in my service succeeded, after many toilsome chases, in 
shooting one of them, I can give a description ofits dimensions. 
Feet. In. 
Length from the tip of the nose to the end of the tail, 
the length of the face 11 inches, and of the tail, 
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Length of the hair at the shoulders, eight inches, but on the 
other parts of the body it is short. I preserved the skin and the 
bones of the head and horns, and presented them to the Most 
Noble the Governor-General, who, I believe, sent them to Sir 
Joseph Banks. 
The face of the animal, which was a male, resembles that of 
the Nil Gao. The horns are large, the lower part of them 
stands nearly erect from the forehead, but the upper half bends 
backward. The hoofs, cloven. The colour, that of a camel or 
lion, and the long hair about the shoulders and neck somewhat 
resembles a lion’s mane. The flesh appeared coarse, and an 
unpleasant musky smell exhaled fromit. The Hindustanis would 
not touch it, but the Gorc’ha Sipahis, and mountaineer Coolies 
ate it with avidity. It is remarkable that those people will not 
eat mutton. The Pheir is a gregarious animal, and appears to 
subsist on the short herbage at the edge of the snow. The 
chase of it in its haunts on the cliffs and precipices is most diffi- 
cult and dangerous; but in the depth of winter when the snow 
drives them down to the villages, the people hunt and kill them 
more easily. 
