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The ram is generally of a brownish- dun colour, 

 almost deepening to black on the head and points, 

 the neck and shoulders being furnished with long- 

 shaggy hair. The female and young are of a 

 reddish-brown colour, rather lighter under the 

 belly. The thaar has horns about twelve inches 

 long and ten in circumference, curving backwards, 

 with flat sides. Those of the female are smaller. 



Gratifying as the magnificent scenery of these 

 almost unknown regions is to the traveller, any 

 very detailed description of daily marching can 

 scarcely be otherwise than monotonous to the 

 reader. I shall therefore simply confine my rela- 

 tion of this expedition to pointing out that which 

 will be most useful to any brother sportsman 

 taking the same route. From Mussoorie we pro- 

 ceeded along the Landour Range, through beauti- 

 fully verdant hills covered with oak and rhododen- 

 dron, to the sombre-looking valley of Mugra, 

 where we breakfasted by a perennial spring of 

 remarkable coldness, that is well known to most 

 hill sportsmen. Continuing our route through 

 undulating and densely-wooded country, we passed 



