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On the Shou or Tibetan Stag. 



[No. 6. 



English. 



Long, 



Short, 



Tall -> 



Short / 



Small, 



Great, 



Bound, 



Square, 



Flat, 



Fat, 



Thin, 



Weariness, 



Thirst, 



Hunger, 



man 



Malabar. 



Singalese. 



Nedia, Ninda, 



Diga. 



Kattei, Kurukal 





Uyarnthavan, 



Usa. 



•Kullan, 



Miti. 



Siria, Sinna, 



Punchi. 



Peria, 



Mahat. 



Vattippu, 



"Wata or guli, 



Sathuramana, 



Hataras. 



Shattei. 



Patali. 



Kolut-tha, Thiilitha, 



Tara. 



Melintha, Mellia, 



Tuni. 



Ileit-tha, Kalait-tha, 



Wehesa. 



Thakam. 



Pipasa. 



Pasi, 



Badagini. 



On the Shou or Tibetan Stag. — By B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



The subjoined sketch and measurements of a pair of stag's horns 

 received from Tibet will doubtless excite much interest among Zoolo- 

 gists. I am indebted for the opportunity of examining these splendid 

 spoils to my friend Dr. Campbell, Superintendent of Darjiling, who 

 obtained them recently from a place called Ling-mo, not far from 

 PMri, and situated in that arrondisement of the Tibetan province of 

 Tsang which is denominated Ding-cham by the Tibetans. 



Ding-cham is the district extending north of Sikim and of Western 

 Bhutan, from the ghat line of the Himalaya to the Kambala or chain 

 bounding the valley of the Yard (Sanpoo) on the south. This district 

 is described as being extremely rugged and bare, and no doubt is so, 

 to a great extent, as forming part of the counter slope or pente septen- 

 trionale of such a chain as the Himalaya, and as having an elevation 

 (just beyond the ghats, at least) of 16,000 feet, according to Dr. 

 Hooker's determination. Yet Ding-cham is the habitat of a noble 

 stag of the true Elaphoid type. Wherefore it is not too much to infer 

 from this circumstance that within the bounds of that district, however 



