THE GUN AT HOME AND ABROAD 
Pfere David secured the earliest specimens in 1869. M. Berezovski 
obtained them in 1893-4 in the mountains north-west of Lungan-fu. 
Messrs Brown, Wilders, Brooke, Mears, Zappey, Horne and Major 
M ’Neill have also killed them. 
Around Tachienlu C. milne-edwardsi is the commonest variety. Mr Wilson 
states that round Wa-shan the white -maned serow (C. argyrochaetes ; native 
name, Sang-u ) is more frequent. On the high mountains of North-Western 
Hupeh, a serow occurs, probably the latter variety. This animal is also 
found in Western Kansu. 
They are handsomely marked animals. The general colour is a dark 
blackish grey, shading to burnt sienna on the lower part of the forelegs. 
The hindquarters are distinctly reddish in tone. The tail is short and dark; 
the eye rather small, with a small but prominent gland beneath. The hoofs 
are about the same size as those of a red deer, but more splayed. The 
horns, running to between seven and ten inches in an adult, are black, 
curved, ringed at the base and very sharp. Though not naturally a savage 
animal, the serow can be very vicious when brought to bay, and cases are 
on record of dogs and even men being killed by them. The usual method 
of pursuit is to hunt them with a scratch pack. This is all right when the 
dogs know their job, but it not unusually happens that after a good deal 
of barking and aimless running about they lose their quarry. The serow, 
when pursued, stands at bay beneath some overhanging rock which 
protects his flank, and can then be shot by the hunter. They are not easy 
animals to find, though they may be common in the district, and are 
difficult to approach unless one is favoured by chance. They are clumsy 
movers in the open, but first-rate climbers and possessed of considerable 
cunning. They stand about forty -two inches at the shoulder and weigh 
approximately 200 lb. 
Goral ( Urotragus or Nemorhaedus goral ; native names, Yeh-yangtse. Ngai- 
yangtse) are quite common in parts of China. Four species are given in 
Rowland Ward’s records: 
Urotragus edwardsi ; locality, Szechuan. 
Urotragus caudatus ; locality, north of Peking. 
Urotragus cinereus ; locality, Szechuan. 
Urotragus griseus ; locality, Szechuan. 
The Hupeh and Szechuan goral are easily distinguished by their grey 
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