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back. It is usually seen lying flat, and is witli difficulty 

 distinguished from the rock around. The for is very 

 woolly and soft, and the skin remarkahly thin and 

 tender ; so much so, that I never remember experiencing 

 the same amount of difficulty in skinning any other 

 mammal or bird. The skin tears in the fingers like wet 

 tissue paper. 



In the stomach I invariably found vegetables alone, 

 much chewed and broken up, so that it was impossible 

 to say what kinds it eats ; but evidently its food consists 

 of leaves. I suspect that it feeds at night ; I never saw 

 it doing so in the daytime, and far more animals are 

 seen out in the evening than during the day. 



The following are the measurements of a male shot at 

 Suru (1), and a female killed near Undul Wells (2), 

 taken on the animal immediately after death : — 



Length from muzzle to between ears 

 from muzzle to nape . . 

 from between ears to rump 

 from nape to rump . . . 



of tail 



of bairs beyond end of tail 



Total length from nose to end of tail hairs, 



measured along curve of the back . . . 11-10 



11-75 



Length of fore foot from heel to end of claws . 0-8 0-75 



„ middle toe and claw of fore foot . . 0-38 0-45 



„ hind foot from heel to end of claws 1-4 1-5 



„ middle toe and claw of hind foot . 0-5 0'5 



Longest whisker 3 3-5 



Height of ear 0-5 0-5 



Breadth of ear 0-5 0-5 



Diameter of eye-ball, about J inch. 



