122 THE FOREST AND THE FIELD. 



on to the neck. The surrow is rather a rare 

 animal, and is generally found in the most inac- 

 cessible parts of the forest in the vicinity of water. 

 He is a dangerous customer for dogs to bring to 

 bay, often killing and maiming several with his 

 horns before being pulled down. 



The ibex of the Himalaya takes the foremost 

 place amongst the varied game of that district, 

 being the largest of the goat species. The male 

 measures forty-two inches in height at the shoulder, 

 and is about five-feet in length including the 

 head; the female is very small in comparison. The 

 horns of the buck vary from three feet to fifty 

 inches in length, and from eight to thirteen inches 

 in circumference; those of the female are round, 

 and rarely exceed a foot in length. The general 

 colour of the buck ibex is a yellowish-gray, 

 with a darker stripe along the centre of the 

 back, ash-coloured muzzle, and black beard about 

 eight inches long. The females and young are 

 uniformly of a reddish-gray colour. The head 

 of the ibex is rounder and the nose shorter than 

 any other of the goat tribe, and the ears are 



