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THE CAJIBIKG OOTAK. 
liabits the wooded mountains of Sumatra, cxhilnfs 
much activity, and is very goat-like in its appearance 
and habits. 
Major Smith refers the Goral of General Hard- 
■wicke to this division ; — a goat-like antelope inhabit- 
ing the Himalaya range and the mountains of the 
Nepaul frontier. The general tint is a grey mouse 
colour, but almost white about the lower part of 
the neck and throat ; and darker, with the liair 
longer, along the upper part of the neck and back, 
inclining to fenuginous about the legs. The horns 
are simple, nearly connected at the base, and about 
four and a half inches long. The height of the ani- 
mal is about two feet. It is considered by the in- 
liabitants of Nepaul as the most active of the ante- 
lopes, it is seen in numerous herds, but is rarely 
taken, except by stratagem ; if the herd is pursued, 
they disperse, and fly to precipices, and places to 
w'hich no dogs can follow them.* 
In the proceedings of the Zoological Society for 
August 1834, there is some information regarding 
this group communicated by Mr Hodgson. The 
centre of the horns is hollow and porous, and com- 
municates with the frontal sinus, which are, however, 
small, while the core of the horns is only subcellii- 
lar. The form is suited for heavy climbing or leap- 
ing. As the species of this group, he enumerates, 
1. The animal we are now describing: 2. The 
•'General Hardwicke, in Trans. Linn. Soc. vol. xiv- 
p. 518. 
