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THE JEMLAH GOAT. i 
Capra Jemlahioa — Smith. 
PLATE VIII. 
The Jemlah Goat, Capra Jemlahica, STmiA in Griffith's 
Cuvier, vol. iv. p- ^308, and Synop- 
Our authority for this animal is the descrip- 
tion and figure given by Major Smith, from a slun 
in the British Museum, and we of course use his 
own words in describing it. “ The size of this ani- 
mal appears nearly equal to the ibex. The facia 
line is straight, though the prominence of the horns 
give the forehead a concave appearance. The eyes 
are rather small, the ears short, narrow, and rounded 
at the tips. Tlie horns stand obliquely on the fron- 
tals, rather high above the orbits, nearly m contact 
at the base, extremely depressed, almost flat, four 
inches and a quarter in breadth at the root, nine 
inches long, inclining outwards, then suddenly taper- 
ing to a point which turns inwards, so as to nearly 
meet over the neck. Their colour is pale ashy buft. 
the anterior edge marked with seven small protul.c- 
ranees, round, distinct, almost detached, shaped 
drops, being gradually obliterated as they ascen , 
