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is generally lighter, running into grey-roan, with the 

 yellow rump patch of the American specimen. The 

 horns do not run large, but have the back-growing 

 terminals of the Wapiti. They are nowhere in these 

 hills to be found in any large numbers, as they have 

 been systematically hunted down by natives and 

 killed when the horns are in velvet, for when in 

 this state they are used extensively by the Chinese 

 for medicinal purposes, and command a good 

 price in the market. I have heard that since I 

 visited this country the Russians have realised 

 that they are being gradually exterminated, and 

 are now strictly preserving them. A few of the 

 Kalmucks who live in the country take the young 

 and park them, sawing off the horns when still 

 soft. 



After hunting the Ovis ammon on the eastern side 

 of the Altai, on the Mongolian border, 1 proceeded 

 west into the forest region of the main range. 

 Crossing the head waters of the Katun about fifteen 

 miles from Kochagatch, I marched up a tributary 

 valley running west and east. The change after the 

 arid Mongolian slopes was very refreshing. Instead 

 of bare, stony slopes, my path led me through 

 magnificent forests of pine and cedar, and after 

 ascending rather abruptly for some miles, we found 

 ourselves in a sort of plateau of undulating down 

 and forest region resembling Scotch deer forest more 

 than anything else moorland covered with scrub, 

 composed of a sort of hornbeam which, in its red 

 autumnal colouring, resembled heather in the distance. 



