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the steepest grass-covered hills and rugged ground, 

 and never forsake a district, however much they 

 may be disturbed. When alarmed they give a 

 peculiar hissing grunt. 



The surrow, also a kind of chamois, stands about 

 three feet and a-half at the shoulder, and is about 

 five feet and a-half long from the point of the nose 

 to the end of the tail. The general colour of the 

 fur is a reddish-gray, deepening to black on the 

 back, head, and hind quarters, with yellow and 

 dirty white under the belly and inside the legs, 

 and a light ash muzzle, with a white streak run- 

 ning along the sides of the lower jaw. Having 

 large coarse ears, the expression of the head re- 

 sembles that of an ass more than a deer, and the 

 legs are thick and clumsily proportioned, occa- 

 sioning an awkward gait. The male has a black 

 forelock and mane, which he erects when alarmed, 

 and a large and fiery black eye. Both male and 

 female have highly-polished, black, tapering, sharp- 

 pointed horns, about twelve inches long and four 

 inches in circumference at the base, annulated for 

 the first five inches and curved backwards almost 



