INDIAN SHOOTING 



33' 



and most sportsmanlike way of hunting them is to walk slowly 

 along the top of a ridge, carefully examining every ravine and 

 patch of likely ground. Where gooral are at all plentiful it is 

 almost impossible to take too much pains. The beasts often 

 lie down under overhanging boulders and turn up suddenly in 

 the most unexpected fashion on ground where you thought you 

 had examined every inch, and as surely as you become careless 

 so surely will you hear a hiss and see a beast dash down the 

 hill at whom you might have got an easy shot had you not re- 

 laxed your attention. 



The comparative measurements of European chamois are 

 given by Colonel Howard as follows : 



Good bucks weigh from 45 Ibs. to 60 Ibs. broken up. 

 Extraordinary ones reach 70 Ibs. and over. 



Length of horn 



ins. 

 lOf 



Perpendicular 

 measurement 



ins. 



7i 



These two heads are exceptionally fine ; the two next heads are 

 good, but not extraordinary. 



Girth 



There are two more varieties of gooral in the British 

 Museum : the long-tailed gooral from China, which is about the 

 same size as an Indian gooral, but rather more yellow in colour. 

 It has a tail of long brown hair reaching to its hocks, that of 

 the one in the British Museum measuring 17 ins. to the tips of 

 the hair. The Japanese gooral is a delightful beast, and exactly 

 what one would expect from such a quaint country. Its coat is 



