PRICES OF ANIMALS. 295 
Sheep. 
Ovis musimon, Muflon.—£5 to £12 10s. each. 
O. vignet (or O. cycloceros), Punjaub Wild Sheep.—£10 to £25 
each. 
O. nahura (or O. burrhel), Bharal Wild Sheep. — £15 to £25 
each. 
O. lervia (or O. tragelaphus), Arui, or Barbary, Wild Sheep.— 
£3 to £16 each, according to age, sex, &c. 
O. ammon, Argali Wild Sheep.—£100 per head, asked (once). 
Family GrrarFipm. 
Supply and demand affect the price of Giraffes quicker than 
in the case of smaller animals: before the reopening of the 
Kegyptian Sudan in 1898-1899 there was a time when it was im- 
possible to buy a Giraffe for £1000; then, about 1903-1904, 
when a few specimens had been brought down the Nile to Cairo 
and a much larger number exported from the Sudan vid Suakin, 
the value of these animals went down to about £300 or £350 per 
head—in fact, to a price that did not pay the expenses of cap- 
turing them and sending them to Europe; so that certain 
traders (not real animal dealers), who had purchased Giraffes as 
a speculation, actually slaughtered their animals and realized 
what money they could by the sale of their skins and flesh rather 
than go to the expense of keeping the beasts alive till they - 
could be sold at remunerative prices. I would remark here that 
there is a very great difference between the genuine dealer in 
wild animals, who is at heart a zoologist and a lover of beasts, 
and the merchant who simply, from time to time, trades in them 
as he would in cotton, tin, or guano, simply with the object of 
making money. The fair value of a healthy young Giraffe at 
the present time in Hurope should be £400 to £500. 
Family Cervip. 
Compared to Antelopes, Deer are of but little value, as the 
following prices will show. 
Cervulus muntjac, Muntjac, or Barking Deer. — Usually £10 
each, male or female. 
C. elaphus, Red Deer.—Although, when wishing to dispose of 
surplus stock, young Red Deer may be offered for as little as 
