1 1 8 THE JEMLAH GOAT. 



and each marking the commencement of a wrinkle, 

 which passes round the external flattened surfaces, 

 in the forms of grooves, resembling the joints of a 

 lobster, and being about four inches smooth where 

 they contract to a point. The bones of the head 

 are exceedingly solid and ponderous, without a void 

 space on each side of the nasal bones, as in the case 

 of the Caucasian Ibex and ^gagrus. The hair on 

 the face and legs is short, mottled with a dark earthy 

 coloured streak down the cheffron ; that of the neck 

 and back is very abundant, long and loose, with a 

 stripe of the same sepia colour down the ridge of the 

 spine. The tail is very short. On the sides of the 

 cheeks the hair is exceedingly long and coarse, hav- 

 ing, like a lion's, more on each side of the head, and 

 feathering vertically also upon the shoulders ; except- 

 ing the dark streaks above mentioned, and a darkish 

 line on the anterior part of the legs, the whole ani- 

 mal is of a dirty whitish fawn, with a few locks ot 

 brown interspersed. It has no true beard, and the 

 limbs are remarkably robust. It is said to inhabit 

 the district of Jemlah, between the sources of the 

 Sargew and Sampoo ; that is the most elevated 

 range of Central Asia, forming the nucleus between 

 the western and south-eastern branches of the Hima- 

 layan mountains ; it may therefoie represent the ibex 

 in the most lofty regions of the east beyond the 

 Burrampooter, and extend into China."* 



* Major Smith in Griffith's Cuvier. 



