THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE 



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SIBERIAN ROE HORNS 



horns measured over thirteen inches, but I beHeve they sometimes 

 attain fifteen inches and over. 



The musk deer {tabar^a) is also to be found in the Altai, where 

 it is becoming very rare. 



With regard to mountain game, the Russian Empire affords, 

 perhaps more than any other country, excellent sport. European 



Russia in this respect must be naturally excepted, being 



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almost entirely flat ; but the Caucasus, 1 urkestan and q^^^ 



the Pamir, the Altai and the Stanovoi range along the 



coast of the Pacific Ocean yield at least a dozen different kinds of 



wild sheep and ibex. The Caucasus contains the greatest variety of 



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