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VIIl. 



THE WILD GOAT, 



AND THE 



WILD SHEEP, OF NEPAL. 



By B. H. HODGSON, Esii. 



ACTING RESIDENT AT KATHMANDU- 



I. — ^The Jharal Wild Goat, Capra J/idral. CMihi.) 

 Habitat, juxta-Himalayan Mountains of Nepal. 



SPECIFIC character. 



Goat with short, thick, simply recurved, sub-triangular, sub-compressed, 

 carinated horns; sharp above, flat beneath ; towards the tips, smooth and 

 rounded : with beardless chin and double coat. 



This capricious, vigorous, and agile, yet tractable and intelligent, 

 animal, measures from the tip of the nose to the root of the tail, four and 

 a half feet nearly ; and stands t\\ o and a half feet higli, at the shoulder. 



His peculiar habitat is confined to the regions in llie vicinity of tiic 

 snows — but 1 am not aware that he ever ventures amongst the actual 

 glaciers. He is capable of enduring, perfectly well, the heat of the valley 



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