1753 account of the argali. ^9 



ther reason for supposing that the above mentioned 

 strings were made from the fleece of that animal. 



The doctor procured in the Rufsian Dauria, be- 

 tween the rivers Onon and Argun, an adult mala 

 argali, or wild ram, with an adult female, or wild 

 iheep. Below is given the weight and measurement of 

 them, as likewise of an argali iamb of about three 

 months old. 



The male argali or wild ram, weighed, whilst en* 

 tire, three hundred and ten medical pounds. It measur- 

 ed in French feet, inches, and lines. /. i. I. 

 Total length from the upper lip to the anus 5 9 10 

 Lengthof the horns following their curve, 3 10 9 

 Distance between them at the base, - - 6 

 Their circumference at the base, - - i 211 

 Distance between their tips in front, - 279 

 Ditto between their posterior arches, -t 



measured over the neck. 3 ^ 



The weight of a single argali horn with its ofseo 

 nucleo was sixteen Rufsian pounds. 



(N. B. 40 Rufsian pounds make -ifi Englifh.) 



The above described male argali. Dr. Pallas had 

 only time to examine superficially, and is the same 

 of which the fkin is to be seen, stuffed, in the musium 

 of the imperial academy of scienes at St. Peterfburg, 

 with another of the Persian variety of the argali, 

 sentbyGmelin, about the same time But the doctor's 

 description of the following Is much more distinct. 



The female argali or wild iheep weighed when en- 

 tire 2C9I medical pounds. f. I. i. 

 Total length from the upper lip to the anus 530 

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