194 Sheep 



Length along Bas;il ™. .,.. ^ 



Front Curve. Circumference. ° ' ' 



694 i4i 39 



68i 15 35l 



68 17 43 



68 16 52 



67I 16 53 



67 i6i 42 



66| 15! 46 



66f 13I ? 



66 i5i 44 



65A 16 53 



65 16 444 



65 i6i 49A 



65 ? ? 



644 i6i 46 



64I 164 41 



643: i5i 39 



631 1 61 42J 



63i 15& 46i 



62| 16I 51 



62 15I 40 



Distribution. — The Pamirs, from Hunza to near the sources of the 

 Amu Daria. 



Habits. — The following excellent account ot the habits of Marco 

 Polo's sheep on the Pamirs is given by Viscount E. de Poncins : — " As a 

 rule, Ovis poli xxc not at all fond of difficult and rocky mountains. Their 

 true ground is the long rolling plateau or the rounded hills ot the Pamirs. 

 I never saw one in a really bad place. They are not very wary, but 

 often difficult to stalk on account of the ground. A close shot is a rare 

 occurrence, and 200, 250, or 300 yards is the common range. 



"They are commonly found at a height from 18,000 feet up to the 

 snow, the little patches of grass along the snow lines over broad stony 

 nullas being their favourite resorts. They feed in the early morning and 

 keep moving about till ten or eleven o'clock in the day ; then they lie 



