60 THE BUEllELL. 



side of the snow, the burrell, of all animals of 

 the ruminating class, is the most worthy of 

 notice ; by no means rare, but from the toil 

 and fatigue attendant upon its pursuit, 

 it is generally considered as the first of 

 Himalayan game animals, and the killing 

 it the " ne plus ultra " of Himalayan 

 shooting. 



The full-grown male is nearly twice the 

 size of a common English ram, and generally 

 weighs upwards of 200 lbs. ; * the females 

 are about one half the size of the males. 

 The coat is very thickly set, the individual 

 hairs thick, and of a very fragUe texture. 

 The general colour of the uppei- parts is a 

 light ash, and the under jDarts white. The 

 breast in old males is black, as well as a 

 narrow stripe along each side, separating the 

 ash of the upper parts from the white of the 

 belly. Another narrow stripe runs down 

 each leg. In young annuals the breast is 

 only j)artially black. These black marks are 



* I once weighed two after they were cleaned ; one weighed 

 180 lbs, the other 200 lbs. 



