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THE JEMEAH GOAT. 
and each marking the commencement of a wrinkle 
whicli passes round the external flattened surfaces’ 
m the forms of grooves, resembling the joints of I 
lobster, and being about four inches smooth where 
they contract to a point. The bones of the head 
are exceedingly solid and ponderous, without a void 
space on each side of the nasal bones, as in the case 
of the Caucasian Ibex and ^gagrus. The hair on 
the face and legs is short, mottled with a dark earthy 
coloured streak down the cheflron ; that of the neck 
and back is very abundant, long and loose, with a 
stripe of the same sepia colour down the ridge of the 
spine. The tail is very short. On the sides of the 
cheeks the hair is exceedingly long and coarse, hav- 
ing, like a lion’s, more on each side of the head, and 
feathering vertically also upon the shoulders ; except- 
ing the dark streaks above mentioned, and a darkish 
line on the anterior part of the legs, the whole ani- 
mal is of a dirty whitish fawn, with a few locks of 
brown interspersed. It has no true beard, and the 
limbs are remarkably robust. It is said to inhabit 
t le district of Jemlah, between the sources of the 
hargew and Sampoo; that is the most elevated 
range of Central Asia, forming the nucleus between 
the western and south-eastern branches of the Hima- 
layan mountains ; it may therefoie represent the ibex 
in the most lofty regions of the east beyond the 
Jiurrampooter, and extend into China.”* 
Major Smith in Gritfith's Cuvi. 
