CHAPTER X 



HINTS WHEN HUNTING IN ASIA 



By Major C. S. CUMBERLAND 



ASIA is the home of the three biggest sheep in 

 the world, Ovis ammon (Siberia), Ovis poll (Pamir 

 region and Chinese Turkestan), Ovis hodgsoni 

 (Tibet). Their habitats on these three sections of 

 the continent are similar in every way with respect 

 to climate, vegetation, and natural features of the 

 ground. Altitude, however, is relative to latitude 

 that is to say, where, as in Tibet, the habitat of the 

 sheep is never under 1 5,000 feet, in the Tian Shan the 

 poli is to be found at 10,000, or even lower ; and in 

 the Altai the ammon is found at 5000 or 6000 feet. 

 The habits of the three varieties are similar. The 

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