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Dimensions of a Male Hangool. 



(First Specimen.) 

 Total length from muzzle to tip of tail, 7 ft. 1 in. Height from tip of toe to 

 shoulder, 4 ft. 7 in. Height from tip of toe to croup, 4 ft. 4 in. Length of head 

 from tip of muzzle to occipital crest, 1 ft. 6 in. Width of brow over orbit, 7 in. lu- 

 terva,l between ears, 8 in. Length of ears, 9 in. Length of fleshy tail, 5 in. 

 Length of horns along curve, 2 ft. 1 in. Interval between inner upper snags, 

 1 ft. 6 in. Interval between outer upper snags, 2 ft. 2 in. Interval between tips of 

 broad antlers, 8 in. Interval between horns at base, 2 in. 



(Second Specimen. — Cashmeer, Jan. 18, 1838.) 

 From muzzle to occipital crest between ears, 1 ft. 4 in. Interval between orbits, 

 5 in. Length of ears, 9 in. Width of leaf of ears, 6 in. Girth of head behind 

 eyes, 2 ft. Length of fleshy tail, 6 in. 



(Third Specimen.— Cashmeer, April 30, 1838.) 

 Extreme length, 7 ft. 4 in. Length of head to occipital crest, 1 ft. 9 in. In- 

 terval between eyes, 5 in. Interval between ears, 7 in. Length of ears, 9 in. 

 Height at shoulder from exterior of toe, 4 ft. 10 in. Height at croup, 4 ft. 7 in. 



(Fourth Specimen.) 

 Length of head from extremity of muzzle to occipital crest between pedicles, 

 1 ft. 3 in. AVidth of forehead between the eyes, 7 in. Girth of head over the 

 eyes, 2 ft. 4 in. Length of ears, 9 in. Length of tail, b in. Length of hoof in 

 foreleg, 6 in. 



2. Characters of Female Hangool (Pampoor, October 25, 1837). — 

 Sub-orbital simis well marked, but short and deep, being about two-thirds 

 of an inch in both dimensions, or a little less ; canines in the upper jaw ; 

 muzzle rather small, extending to about two-thirds of height of external 

 nostrils, and reticularly studded with scattered stifF-pencilled hairs; 

 a nearly circular patch of black hair, about an inch in diameter, on the 

 side of the mouth, over lower jaw, at about the middle of the diasteme, 

 and oj)posite the canine. 



General colour dark-leaden grey, with hairs tipped with reddish- 

 brown, passing along the back towards the tail into brown black, and 

 under the belly into light-leaden or ash-grey, and running into light 

 tan down the legs to the toes ; ridge of black running from the occiput 

 along the back to the tail, towards which it increases in width and in- 

 tensity ; tail short, black in the middle, reddish at the tip and tufted, 

 and bordered with reddish- white at the sides ; hind aspect of the 

 buttocks marked by a very defined patch of white, running up to and 

 terminating at the angle of junction of the tail, and passing down on the 

 inside of the buttocks towards the thighs ; no disc of white on the 

 rump. 



Length from extremity of tail to tip of muzzle, 6 ft. 6 in. Length of head from 

 tip of muzzle, to occiput, between and behind ears, 1ft. 4iin. Interval between 

 the osseous orbits, 5 in. Length of neck, 1 ft. 4 in. Height from tip of toe to 

 withers, 4 ft. 4iin. Height from hind ditto to top of croup, 4 ft. 6 in. Length 

 of tail (fleshy part), 4 in. Circumference of chest behind shoulder, 4 ft. 2 in. 

 Length of ears, 75 in. Interval between ears, Sin. Width of leafy portion of ears, 

 5 in. Circumference of neck at middle, 1 ft. 11 in. 



General Description. — Legs long ; height greater at croup than 

 withers ; entire build light and strong ; head long ; profile straight 

 from between the eyes downwards, but with great gibbosity in the 

 brow between tlie line of the eyes and ears; nasal arch well defined, 

 and side of the face fined off under it and expanding from the angle of 

 the mouth to the tip of muzzle ; muzzle broad ; naked portion rather 



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