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CHAPTER XII. 



ON the outer ranges and spurs of the Himalayas rising 

 abruptly from the Dehra Doon, the " surrow " (Nemorhcedus 

 lubalina), which is nowhere very common, was not unfre- 

 quently met with. This curious animal, which, like the 

 gooral of the Himalayas and the chamois of Europe, is one 

 of the links between the antelope and wild goat, might 

 almost be supposed to have a strain of the donkey as well, 

 for it has a decidedly asinine appearance, particularly about 

 the head. It stands about three feet at the shoulder, 

 which is an inch or two higher than the croup ; and its 

 build is so sturdy as almost to make its form look un- 

 gainly and its gait clumsy. The neck is thick, short, and 

 black, and is surmounted with a bristling mane of coarse 

 black hair extending back over the withers, which, with 

 its almost black head and large mule-like ears, grey muzzle, 

 short black horns, and dark fiery eyes, give this beast a 

 fierce look which its character does not belie. Its general 

 colour is a very dark kind of roan-grey, intermixed with 

 black ; black dorsal stripe, and tail which is very short ; 

 flanks and fore-quarters reddish -brown, creamy-white from 

 above the knees and hocks downwards ; horns black, round, 

 slightly curved, sharply pointed, sloping well backward, 

 and roughly annulated for two-thirds of their length, which 

 is ordinarily about 9 or 10 inches, with a circumference 

 at the base of 5 or 6 inches ; ears about 8 inches long ; 

 distinct but not very large eyepits, from which, I re- 



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