120 THE FOREST AND THE FIELD. 



grain and moss seeds. The female generally gives 

 birth to twins, which are deposited at some dis- 

 tance from each other, the dam only visiting them 

 at times during the day. Thus are those habits of 

 solitude and retirement engendered which con- 

 tinue through life, for they are rarely seen two 

 together, and the fawns never associate with the 

 dam. Musk deer are found in all kinds of forest, 

 but seldom at lower altitudes than eight thousand 

 feet. The flesh is fine grained. 



The gooral, or Himalayan chamois, is a gre- 

 garious animal, about the size of an ordinary 

 goat, with rough coat about two inches long, of 

 brownish-gray colour, rather lighter under the 

 belly and inside the legs, and white under the 

 throat. Both male and female, which are much 

 alike, have black ringed horns about eight inches 

 long and three and a half in circumference, taper- 

 ing to a point, and curved backwards. They breed 

 in the end of May, the female rarely having more 

 than one at a birth. Gooral are generally found 

 feeding at dawn and near sunset, lying under 

 bushes and rocks during the day. They frequent 



