142 A SURVEY OF THE 
I preserved the skin and the bones of the head and horns, and pres 
- sented them to the. Most Nogie rHe Governor GENERAL, who, I believe, 
sent them to Sir JoseraH Banks. 
Tue face of the animal, which was a male, resembles that of the 
Nil Gdo.—The horns are’ large,’ the lower part of them stands nearly 
erect from the forehead, but the’tipper half bends backward. The hoofs, 
cloven.—The colour, that of a! camel or lion, and the long hair about 
the shoulders and neck, somewhat resembles a lion’s mane.—The flesh 
appeared coarse, and an unpleasant musky smell exhaled from it. The 
Hindustdnis would: not touch it, but the Gore’ha sipwhis, and moun- 
taineer Coolies, eat it-with avidity.o; It is: remarkable, that those people 
will not eat. mutton.. The Phewr is a gregarious: animal, and appears 
to subsist on the. short herbage at the edge of the snow.—Vhe chace 
of it, in its haunts on the cliffs and precipices, is most dificult and dans 
gerous; but, in the depth of winter, .when. the snow drives them down 
to the villages, the people hunt and kill them more easily. 
In this neighbourhood, springs of hot water are very numerous; they 
are seen bubbhng up among the rocks in various places near the rivers.— 
The heat of the water is too great to bear the hand in it for many mo- 
ments; but, having broken my long scaled thermometer, I could not ascer= 
tain its precise temperature.—The water has litle if any taste.— About 
half a mile.above its, junction with the Jumna,. the, Banndsa river falls 
from a precipice of yellow and rose coloured granite, of 80 or 90. feet 
high, in a neble cascade.—T ne breadth of the stream is. about 15 feet, 
