34 THE GOORKHA " KOOKERIE." 



bushes, from whence its short sharp bark comes at intervals, 

 as if deriding its pursuer for not having kept a better look- 

 out. When hurrying off, it sometimes makes a succession 

 of clicking sounds, but whether with the teeth or hoofs I 

 have never been able to ascertain. The doe is similar to 

 the buck, with the exception of the continuations of the 

 frontal bone, the horns, and long teeth. 



These short imperfect descriptions of animals are merely 

 intended as rough sketches to enable such as may be unac- 

 quainted with Himalayan fauna to form some sort of idea 

 of their general appearance and habits, and not as attempts 

 to delineate them scientifically. Their theoretic nomenclature 

 is, however, given, not by way of seeming erudite for what 

 little knowledge of zoology I may have is more practical 

 than scientific but in order that more exhaustive accounts 

 by those who are more scientifically conversant with the sub- 

 ject, may be readily referred to elsewhere, if required, and 

 also because the names given by natives to the same animal 

 so often vary in different localities. 



We had foolishly brought no tent with us, having intended 

 to get our men to extemporise some sort of shelter of boughs 

 and grass cut with their " kookeries," those useful national 

 weapons which the Goorkhas invariably carry, and use as 

 much for domestic as for fighting purposes. But we had 

 not even that to protect us from the heavy night dew, as on 

 our return from fishing we found that almost all the men 

 were away up the hill fetching the dead jurrow, and it was 

 too late when they returned to commence it. We, however, 

 indulged in a stiff jorum of hot whisky-toddy before we 

 retired to rest, as a precaution against the damp malarious 

 night air. When I say retired, I mean that we merely 

 rolled ourselves up in our blankets, and, in order to avoid 

 the heavy drippings that fell like rain from the trees, lay 

 down on an open patch of soft dry sand, in which, by the 



