AN OVIS CAROLINI. 219 



next day moved my things to the Kirghiz camp, 

 to be nearer my ground. 



Taking Mahomed Atta and a couple of ponies, 

 we returned to the ravine to bring in the Ovis, 

 which we found all safe and unmolested by vul- 

 tures or wolves. I could not see the slightest 

 difference in this Ovis to that of the Pamirs, 

 though it is distinguished by the name Ovis 

 Carolini. No doubt it is found at a much 

 lower altitude, as this steppe was barely 7000 

 feet above the sea ; and it is quite possible that 

 in the summer there may be a slight difference 

 in the colour and length of the hair, but other- 

 wise the two varieties appeared to be identical. 



Having sent Mahomed off with the arkar to 

 camp, I went farther on to look for a goolja, and 

 after going a long way, saw one in the distance, 

 but made out through the glasses that he was 

 only a small one. Thinking that he was probably 

 one of a herd on sentry-duty, I stalked him as 

 soon as he moved on ; but as I got over a 

 brow of a hillock, he unfortunately saw me against 

 the blue sky-line, and away he went. Following 

 as fast as possible, I got within sight of the herd, 

 a dozen small rams, but not a head amongst 

 them worth a shot, so it did not signify. 



