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the rest of the body. We measured a female, 

 and found her to stand thirteen hands high, 

 reckoning from the toe to the shoulder. 



The neighbourhood of the Salt Lake, is a 

 favourite resort of the Ovis Ammon, and we 

 had not been long out, before we found a flock 

 of six of these splendid animals. Shy and 

 wary in the extreme, we spent the entire day 

 in fruitless pursuit of this flock, and with all 

 our caution and trouble, were never able to 

 get within a mile of them ; they either saw 

 us, or were disturbed by the movements of 

 the numerous wild horses, scattered about the 

 plain. In the evening we separated, taking 

 different routes home to camp, Wilson and 

 Colls taking one, and I another, but with 

 the same result. On our return to the 

 tents, we found the party which had been 

 following in our footsteps from Spitee, 

 arrived at the Salt Lake, and encamped 

 close to us. 



Next morning, R., one of the new comers, 

 went out with us, and we had a long walk 

 before breakfast in vain ; but afterwards, 



