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higher than others. These monkeys, called “‘ Langirs” by the natives, 
have been frequently seen at 11,000 ft., while the fir-trees among 
which they sported were loaded with snow-wreaths. This species is 
not known in India, whilst the Macacus Rhesus is met with in India, 
as well as in the Himalaya. 7m 
In Western Tibet, and farther to the north, no monkeys have yet 
been found. Z%gers ascend to 11,000 ft. in the Himalaya; they are 
not, however, seen in Western Tibet or the Kunlin. 
Leopards may be met with, in the Himalaya and in Tibet, even at 
13,000 and 14,000 ft. The on, though intimately connected with 
the mythology of High Asia, has been forthcoming, in historical 
times, only in Kashmir. In India, the lion occurs at the present day 
only in Guzrat, and there only in very small numbers. 
Jackals were found by us in the Karakortim between 16,000 and 
17,000 ft. Wolves ave not known to frequent the Himalaya Proper, 
but they are found in Tibet, where we saw of traces of them in sand 
close to the Karakoram pass (18,345 ft.) 
Various species of beautiful wild sheep and ibex, together with the 
Kyang and the wild yak, are met with in large herds on the highest 
plateaux between the Karakoraim and the Kiunliin. 
The cat is common in Tibet ; dogs are the companions of the Tibet- 
an shepherds, whom they follow over passes exceeding 18,000 ft. 
Some species of bats are seen in the Himalaya up to 9,000 ft.; and 
the Tibetan hare occurs even in heights exceeding 18,000 ft. 
Migratory birds are not known to cross the Himalaya, as many 
birds of Europe cross the Alps. Doves were seen by us at very great 
heights in the Karakorim and Kiunlin; this was the most surprising, 
as other birds were very rare. 
The domestic fowl has recently been introduced with great success 
by Gulab Singh into Balti, Ladaék, and Nubra. 
Lishes were found by us in some rivulets of Tibet exceeding 15,000 
ft. In the Alps they cannot live beyond 7,000 ft. 
Of reptiles we found snakes and saurians as high as 15,200 ft. In 
the Alps they go up to 6,000 ft., in the Pyrenees to 7,000 ft. In the 
Andes, snakes were found by Schmarda at about 11,500 ft. 
Por butterflies we found in the Himalaya 13,000 ft., in Tibet and 
Turkistan even 16,000 ft, as localities of permanent habitation. Bee- 
