6S AGILITY OF THE BUEKELL. 



only lived six or seven days. Having thus 

 failed, with so many circumstances in my 

 favoui", I never tried again. With the 

 young of the musk-deer and the gooral, we 

 met with no better success. But the taliir 

 are not so difficult to rear, and will live in 

 the lower hills. They have, I believe, been 

 brought to England. 



Being an animal of a restless wandering 

 disposition, the burrell seldom confines 

 itself for any length of time to one parti- 

 cular spot, frequently wandering Over a 

 great extent of country. When seen on 

 rocky, and precipitous ground, there are few 

 animals which appear to move with more 

 ease and facility. The ibex, and perhaps the 

 musk-deer, are its superiors in this respect, 

 but no others. On the faces of perpendi- 

 cular cliffs of the wildest character, it leaps 

 from rock to rock with scarcely an apparent 

 effort, and though occasionally one may miss 

 its footing, and be precipitated down the 

 rocks, such instances are of rare occurrence. 

 It oftener meets with accidents from the 



