The book of antelopes . the border-posts there was acelebrated hunter who in many winters had obtained as many as 200 of these Antelopes,which at this season go about in large herds. They are occasionally so crowdedtogether, as this hunter assured me, that he had sometimes killed three and even fourindividuals with one bullet. In what large numbers this Antelope sometimes assembles I was able to convincemyself in October 1856^ when I was on the other side of the Argunj in Mongolianterritory, for their tracks and their droppings were so numerous that it appeared as ifsome thousands of sheep had
The book of antelopes . the border-posts there was acelebrated hunter who in many winters had obtained as many as 200 of these Antelopes,which at this season go about in large herds. They are occasionally so crowdedtogether, as this hunter assured me, that he had sometimes killed three and even fourindividuals with one bullet. In what large numbers this Antelope sometimes assembles I was able to convincemyself in October 1856^ when I was on the other side of the Argunj in Mongolianterritory, for their tracks and their droppings were so numerous that it appeared as ifsome thousands of sheep had gone by. The winter pelts of this Antelope make very warm and durable coats (locallycalled dachas), which are worn with the hair outside: the hair is not so brittle asthat of the Roe. They are valued at about one and a half roubles apiece. The fleshof this Antelope is very palatable and the old bucks in the autumn become extra-ordinarily fat. In 1867 Dr. Lockhart brought home with him from Pekin two skulls of Fie. Skull and horns of the Mongolian Gazelle.(P. Z. S. 1867, p. 245.) this Antelope and presented them to the British Museum. Dr. Gray readsome notes on them at a meeting of the Zoological Society of London in 88 February of that year. These notes were subsequently published in the Proceedings, accompanied by an outline figure of one of the heads,which, by the kind favour of the Society, we are enabled to Lockhart gave to Dr. Gray the following information as to thisAntelope:— The animal to which they belong is called Hwang-Yang, the Yellow or ImperialSheep. It is brought into Peking from Mongolia in large numbers in a frozen state,and sold for food. The flesh is much esteemed for its fine flavour and tenderness, andis eagerly purchased both by natives and foreigners. The European gentlemen in Peking used to go into Mongolia on shooting-expeditions for the purpose of hunting the Hwang-Yang. The animal, however, is verywary and generally keeps a long
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