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through the plains situated between the Saskat- 

 chawin and Missouri rivers, along the Rocky 

 Mountains, in the fall of 1800, he observed and 

 killed several of these animals. The dimensions 

 of the largest male were as follows — length, from 

 the nose to the root of the tail, five feet; length 

 of the tail four inches ; circumference of the body 

 four feet; height of the body three feet eight 

 inches; length of the horn three feet and a half; 

 girth at the head one foot three inches. 



Mr. M'Gillivray says that the Cree Indians, or 

 Kristianeaux, distinguish this animal by the name 

 of My-atiic, or ugly Rein-deer. The slave nations, 

 comprehending the Blood Indians, Piecans, and 

 Black-feet Indians, call it Ema-ki-ca-iioiv, which 

 also signifies a kind of deer. 



According to professor Pallas, this animal for- 

 merly inhabited the regions about the upper Irtish, 

 and some other parts of Siberia, where it is no 

 longer seen since colonies have been settled in 

 these countries. It is common in the Mongalian, 

 Songarian, and Tartarian Mountains, where it en- 

 joys its favourite solitude. The Argali is found 

 likewise on the banks of the Lena (in 1794) up as 

 high as the sixtieth degree of north latitude, and 

 it propagates its species even in Kamschatka. 

 From the mountains of Persia there is the stuffed 

 skin of one in the Museum of the Imperial Acade- 

 my of Sciences, sent by Gmelin. Dr. Pallas fur- 

 ther states, that in the year 1768 he observed 



