BULLET AND SHOT 



livid, side of mouth and chin white ; a long, thick 

 black beard mixed with white hairs from throat 

 to breast, reaching to the knees ; legs below knees 

 and feet white ; belly white, a blotch on the flanks ; 

 outside of legs and a lateral line blackish. The 

 horns of the male are sub-triangular, much com- 

 pressed laterally and posteriorly ; in fact, one may 

 say concave at the sides, that is, from the base 

 of the horn to about one half; transversely 

 sulcated ; curving outwards, and returning inward 

 towards the face ; points convergent. The female 

 is more uniform, pale brown with whitish belly ; 

 no beard and short, straight horns." 



The ground frequented by this sheep is usually 

 bare and stony, occasionally supporting scrub 

 and bushes, and sometimes precipitous. The 

 country inhabited by oorial is also used by the 

 native shepherd for grazing his sheep, so that 

 the wild animals are kept pretty much on the 

 move. 



As in the case of the other wild sheep, the males 

 to a great extent separate from the females in 

 summer. Colonel Heber Percy says that "a 

 3O-inch ram on the Salt range is now a rarity," 

 and the largest head mentioned by Rowland Ward 

 is one which measures in length 39, in girth 

 i of, and between the tips 18^ inches respectively. 

 This head came from the Punjab, but the precise 

 locality is not stated. 



Several fine heads, running from one inch less 

 than the above down to 30 inches are quoted ; but 

 the largest from the Salt range measures but 33^ 



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