UNICORN.
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Among the curiosties sent BY Mr.. lIodg-
son. assistant to the resident at katmandoo,
to the Asiatic Society of Calcutta, is large
spiral horn, and with it drawings of the ami
NAL made by Bhotea peasant: the draw
ings are said to convey the true image OF
living animal of the deer kind, out of the
centre of whose forehead grows horn Of
the description transmitted.-Th animal is
described as gregarious, gramniv orous, and
its flesh good to eat. Its name is chiro, its
colour bright bay and its dwelling place the
plains Of B'hote, beyond the Hmalayah.-
The Bhoteans, whom trade and religion
bring down annually to Nepaul, appear to
concur in testimony as to the existence of
this animal but they hesitate about procur-
ing it, though urged by the promise of lib
eral reward. They declare that the chiro is
too larye and fierce to be taken alive, or
fall under their simple weapons; but they
sometimes find the horns shed by the liv-
ing or left after the decay of the dead ami
NAL.