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UNGULATES. 



Such of these foals as can be reared are taken into India and sold to the native 

 princes, by whom high prices are given for these animals. Whether ghorkhars 

 thus taken are capable of being tamed and broken to harness or the saddle, I am 

 not aware ; but a kiang which I once saw in captivity in Leh was a most vicious 

 and intractable brute, with which nothing could be done. The late Sir O. B. St. 

 John states that it was told him by the Persians that if the sportsman can manage 

 to conceal himself and his horse in the vicinity of a spring, and wait till the wild 



A TROOP OF PERSIAN WILD ASSES. 



asses have quenched their thirst, they can readily be come up with when full of 

 water by a short spurt on a fast horse. At other times they are caught by relays 

 of horsemen and greyhounds. It is further stated by the same writer that the 

 flesh of the ghorkhar is only eaten by the Persians when other food is scarce. 



There has been some amount of discussion as to the nature of the voice of the 

 kiang, some observers comparing it to that of the common ass, while others think 

 it has more resemblance to the neigh of the horse. The general opinion is, however, 

 that it is decidedly ass-like, and it has been described as a shrieking bray. 



