MAMMALIA, 
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These travels may be regarded, in some measure, as the continuation 
of a work written two years before, — “ A Personal Narrative of a Visit 
to Ghuzni, Kabul, and AtFghanistan,” The author is the first European 
who has penetrated to Iscardo, the metropolis of Lesser Tibet. With- 
out possessing a systematic knowledge of Zoology, he has, as a dilettanti 
and sportsman, principally paid attention to the Game Animals of these 
countries, and imparted much valuable information regarding them. 
The portions of wild sheep and goats brought back by him were identi- 
fied by Blyth. 
Cabool: being a personal Narrative of a Journey to, and 
Residence in that City, in the Years 1830, 1837-8, by the 
late Lieut.-Col. A, Burnes. Lond. 1842. 
The author, who is well known by his Journey to Buchara, and his 
melancholy death at Kabul, gives, in his description of that place, a 
short notice of the animals (p. 162), which is very worthy of attention, 
although defective in scientific distinctions. The waterfowl are there 
very numerous, as Burnes says he collected no less than forty-five dif- 
ferent species of Ducks (meaning web-footed birds). Animals with fur 
fit for use, are much in request; of these, from eight to ten species 
were found, — amongst them, the Lynx, “ Oor-Jcun,” and the “ Moosh- 
Kkoorma but one of the most prized is the “ Dila Khaufuk,"’ a large 
Weasel, of greyish colour, with white on the neck. The “ Galago cras- 
sicaudatus” of Cuvier (surely erroneously identified) was also found 
by the author, as well as the Huzara Rat, a creature without a tail (pro- 
bably a Lagomys). Porcupines and Hedgehogs are there in abundance ; 
Marmots are also caught, but Hares are rare and small. With the ex- 
ception of waterfowl, there is very little game, though the AtFghans hunt 
every thing that has fur. Bears of a reddish-brown hue, and Wolves 
are seen in winter; also the Red Fox and the Common Fox (Reynard), 
which is larger than in India. The people also talk much of the “ Sug 
i Kohee,” Hill-Hound of Huzara, but the author doubts if it actually be 
the Wild Dog, as there are neither woods nor jungles. There is also 
another animal, similar to our Badger, and called “ Tihbergam.” Some 
pretty specimens of wild Sheep and Goats were brought from Hindu 
Kusch ; these have been tolerably circumstantially described by Dr. 
Lord, in Appendix, No. V. 
The Expedition to China is already beginning to bear fruits 
in Natural History. Th. Cantor has produced an Essay, 
“ General Features of Chusan, with Remarks on the Flora 
and Fauna of that Island.” (Ann. of Nat. Hist. ix. p. 265). 
Cunningham mentions, as far back as the year 1701, that Chusan 
abounded in Cows, Butfaloes, Goats, Stags, and Swine, The Stags have 
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