The book of antelopes . Horns of Chiru.(From Hookers Himalayan Journal, vol. ii. p. 158.) and alludes to the ideas of Hodgson (which were shared in by Hue andGabet) of the profile view of these horns having given rise to the belief ofthe existence of a Unicorn in Tibet. We should mention that Blanford whenhe visited Sikim in 1871 was told by the Tibetans that the Chiru is not nowfound within a long distance of the frontier, but only beyond it in Tibetproper. He admits, however, that it is not probable that there could havebeen any mistake about so fine and conspicuous an animal. 49 But by far
The book of antelopes . Horns of Chiru.(From Hookers Himalayan Journal, vol. ii. p. 158.) and alludes to the ideas of Hodgson (which were shared in by Hue andGabet) of the profile view of these horns having given rise to the belief ofthe existence of a Unicorn in Tibet. We should mention that Blanford whenhe visited Sikim in 1871 was told by the Tibetans that the Chiru is not nowfound within a long distance of the frontier, but only beyond it in Tibetproper. He admits, however, that it is not probable that there could havebeen any mistake about so fine and conspicuous an animal. 49 But by far the most complete account of the Chiru yet published is thatgiven by General Kinloch in his excellent volume on the Large Game ofTibet and Northern India, from the second edition of which, published in1885, we venture to extract the following particulars :— So far as we know, Thibetan Antelopes are never found near the habitations of man,but frequent the plains and elevated valleys far above the limits of cultivation,
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