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CHAPTER XIII. 



THE SURKOW GOPEE CHUND HILL NATIVE FOLK-LORE CONCERNING IT 

 ENORMOUS LANDSLIP THE DISASTROUS LANDSLIP AT NYNEE TAL 

 A HILLSIDE IN MOTION A LUCKY SHOT EXTRAORDINARY SPECTACLE 

 ANOTHER LUCKY SHOT AN OLD AND VALUED FRIEND THE SPIRITS 

 OF THE MOUNTAIN A PAHAREE LEGEND A SHOCKINGLY BAD SHOT 

 DRIVING OUT A BURROW A BEAUTIFUL SCENE WILD ANIMALS RE- 

 COVERING FROM BAD WOUNDS A MENDED BONE DRIVING A " KHUD " 

 THE SURROW ARE CIRCUMVENTED. 



ON the outer ranges and spurs of the Himalayas rising 

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

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

 frequently 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 3 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 ungainly 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 ; 



