burhel
Britishnoun
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Occasionally an excursion up one of the side valleys would result in the shooting of a burhel or of a Tibetan gazelle.
From The Unveiling of Lhasa by Candler, Edmund
I saw a good many flocks of burhel, but no very large heads.
From Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 by Howard-Bury, Charles Kenneth
In the mornings we watched the burhel coming to some hermits' cells not a hundred yards away from the camp, to be fed, and from there they went on to other cells.
From Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 by Howard-Bury, Charles Kenneth
It was a very warm little cup, about 3 inches in diameter, composed of the finest fern and moss-roots, tiny fern-leaves, wool, and numbers of the coarse white crinkly hairs of the burhel.
From The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 by Hume, Allan Octavian
On September 13, 14 and 15, snow fell on and off the whole time; but in spite of the bad weather I managed to shoot a burhel for food.
From Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 by Howard-Bury, Charles Kenneth
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