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AFTER WIT. I) SHEEP IN THE ALTAI 



MARMOT HUNTING. 



slung to their girdle. As soon as they see a Marmot 

 sitting outside its hole they begin to wave this 

 brush ; the Marmot from curiosity remains motion- 

 less, watching the peculiar proceedings, whilst the 

 hunter gradually approaches and shoots it at the 

 distance of a few yards. We saw large numbers 

 of these animals on the hills as well as of a smaller 

 kind of rodent — Mus citilus. 



