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description of its skull and dentition, and compares them at length with 
those of Gazella subgutturosa. 
As regards its distribution in the present epoch, Dr. Radde points out that, 
like the Dziggetai (Hquus hemionus) and the Argali Sheep (Ovis ammon), the 
Mongolian Gazelle has retreated to the south and east from the Russian 
frontiers since the days of Pallas. There are at present only two places on 
the southern borderlands of Transbaikalia in which this Antelope remains 
during the summer and breeds every year. One of these is a district east of 
the Dsiin-tarei which is seldom entered even by the shepherds of the Cossacks. 
It is an uninhabited and rather mountainous country, without wood or bushes, 
varied by salt- and some freshwater lakes, and covered only with yellow 
Elymus-grasses. The other district, which is of a similar character, lies 
north of the left bank of the Argunj, where this river enters into the Russian 
territories between the border-posts of Soktui and Abagaitui. 
Dr. Radde gives the following account of the habits of this animal as 
observed by himself and as obtained from the reports of the natives in 1856 :— 
“* About the middle of June the dve produces generally two young ones which remain 
quiet for three days, but after that are strong enough to follow the mother wherever she 
goes. If caught when young they quickly become tame. Shortly after my arrival at 
Zagan-olui in May 1856 I saw a fawn of this Antelope feeding with the sheep and goats 
without requiring any particular attention. 
“In summer these Antelopes are seldom hunted because they are only occasionally 
to be found, but they are much pursued during the early winter. There are, however, 
but few good Antelope-hunters, especially amongst the Russians. Various methods 
are adopted to get within shot. So long as no snow has fallen the Antelopes usually 
proceed about midday in small flocks to the freshwater lakes, where they break the thin 
ice with their hoofs in order to drink. They select the same spot every day for this 
purpose, and there it is that the hunter makes his hiding-place. Driven on to the thin 
ice, the Antelopes often fall through and thus become an easy prey. 
“The ordinary way of hunting these Antelopes requires two sportsmen, one of 
whom acts as driver for the other. One of the hunters, as soon as he sees the Antelopes 
at a distance of 4 or 5 versts, lies down flat behind a marmot’s hillock, or finds some 
other hiding-place amongst the grass, and holds his gun ready, whilst the other makes a 
long circuit and drives the Antelopes towards his companion. The flying Antelopes 
generally depart in a line; but the old males do not always keep in front, an old female 
sometimes occupying that position. Pursued by the driver, the frightened animals 
proceed sometimes at a walk, at other times in a hasty gallop, during which they 
occasionally utter a sharp clear cry. When they come within range the driver imitates 
the call of a raven or the howl of a wolf to awake the attention of the animals and 
