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Ounce; and the creature is fi seldom even seen by European 
sportsmen. It is known, however, to prey largely upon the 
smaller kinds of wild Sheep, such as the Bharal and the Sha, 
a well as upon Ibex; and from its partiality for the flesh of 
the first-named of these three animals, in the Simla district the , 
Ounce is commonly known as the Bharal-Hay, or Bharal- 
Tiger. Domestic Sheep, Goats, and even Ponies, also fall 
victims to the Snow-Leopard ; and Colonel R. H. Percy relates 
that a farm belonging to the Moravian mission at Kailing, in 
Lahul (where the present writer once enjoyed a welcome rest 
on his return from the desert altitudes. of Tibet), was much 
harassed by a pair of these Leopards, one of which was 
eventually shot by an officer of the Royal Artillery. The 
writer last mentioned states that in 1874 a sportsman in the 
Pangi district, on the Chinab, came across the bodies of five 
or six male Ibex lying within a few yards of each other; all of 
which had doubtless been killed by Snow-Leopards. From 
the number of Ibex destroyed in this instance, it is highly prob- 
able that the Ounce hunts in couples. 
Till within the last few years the Ounce was known to 
European naturalists only by skins and skulls; but recently 
importers have been successful in bringing this fine Carnivore 
to Europe. The first living example brought to England was 
a young animal from Bhutan, purchased by the Zoological 
Society in 1891. In spite, however, of every care and attention 
it did not long survive its arrival at the Gardens in the Regent’s 
Park. A second and older specimen was, however, received 
in the same menagerie at the beginning of 1894. During the 
voyage to England this Leopard became a favourite of the 
ship’s cook, by whom it was taught to drink tea and milk; 
although its favourite food was mutton-broth. A third Snow: 
Leopard was living in the Zoological Gardens at Amsterdam 
during 1893. 
