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neighbourhood of man that they may be often seen 

 browsing with the Mongol cattle, and drinking out 

 of the same troughs with them. We eould hardly 

 believe our eyes when we saw, not half a mile from 

 our tent, a herd of these handsome beasts quietly 

 grazing on the side of a hill. They evidently have 

 not yet learned to recognise our race as . their 

 enemy, and are ignorant of the terrible weapons of 

 the European. 



A violent storm, which lasted several days, pre- 

 vented us from at once starting in pursuit, and 

 obliged us to restrain our impatience for a while. 

 The first day we went after them we killed nothing, 

 owing to our ignorance of their habits, and our over- 

 eagerness causing" us to miss several shots at short 

 distances. But on the following day we succeeded 

 in bagging two fine full-grown males. 



The argali is so keen-sighted, quick of hearing, 

 and has such a delicate sense of smell, that were it 

 less confiding, it would be very difficult to get within 

 range of it in the Suma-hada mountains ; but so 

 tame is it that it will quietly gaze at the sportsman 

 when only 500 paces off 



The best time for sport is the early morning and 

 the evening. At dawn the argali seek the grassy 

 hollows in the mountains, generally at a considerable 

 elevation, or some spot sheltered from the wind. 

 They are mostly seen in herds of ten to fifteen, rarely 

 single. While feeding one of them mounts on the 

 nearest rock to reconnoitre, but after remaining 

 stationary for a short time it rejoins Its companions 



