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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, 14I inches. 
first proved to be a doe, the females carrying horns almost 
as long as their mates, though thinner. Those of this 
doe taped 1inches as against 134 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 
