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rams in summer, until the rutting commences in the 

 late autumn, run apart from the females, in small 

 herds on easy, undulating, hilly regions, the grass 

 on which they feed growing in tufts between stones. 

 The females, on the other hand, may be found in 

 large herds ; they frequent the same sort of ground 

 as the rams, but when the lambs are dropped they 

 move into more precipitous slopes which are not so 

 much frequented by wild dogs and wolves. 



In the wild sheep, sight, hearing, and smell are 

 largely developed, and owing to the very clear atmo- 

 sphere and undulating features of the country, and 

 sky-lines mostly unbroken, the stalking of the sheep 

 is not quite as easy as stalking a stag in Scotland. 

 A near approach is often impracticable, and shots 

 between 200 and 300 yards, an outside range for 

 stalking at home, have to be taken. It may be 

 mentioned, however, that in the high plateaux of 

 Asia 200 yards is quite a different range in point of 

 vision from what it is in Scotland. Moreover, a rifle 

 sighted at sea-level will shoot high at 10,000 feet ; 

 therefore an error in judgment of distance will be 

 compensated for in this way, and very good practice 

 may be made at 300 yards. A single barrel small- 

 bore, with soft-nosed bullets burning nitro powder, 

 will be found most useful for this work, as it is light 

 to carry and more accurate. 



The outfit for all parts of high Asia is practically 

 the same for any one who means business and yet 

 likes to be comfortable one square, double-poled, 

 single fly-tent with three foot walls made of green 



