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the job and secured a good buck. My own first chance 

 followed, and I believe I owe it to a little string of 

 Arab donkeys that were grazing in a bush-clad khor, 

 that I "got in," unobserved, to a herd of ariel on the 

 rock-ridges beyond. I selected what appeared to be the 

 longest-horned and, for the second barrel, another good 

 head as they bounded over the crest. Both fell, but the 



HEADS OF ARIEL. 

 Somali type, 2O\ inches. Sudan type, 14^ inches. 



first proved to be a doe, the females carrying horns almost 

 as long as their mates, though thinner. Those of this 

 doe taped \2\ inches as against \z\ in each of the two 

 bucks obtained that afternoon. 



The ariel of Sudan belongs to the typical race, but its 

 horn-development never approaches that of its Somali- 

 land cousin. The horns of the latter (differentiated as 

 Berberana] frequently exceed 20 inches in length, but 

 are subject to great irregularity and lack of uniformity. 

 They are, moreover, straighter and devoid of the singu- 

 larly graceful recurved sweep that distinguishes Sudan 



