Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-11-14

fore their owners have time to recover from their
establishment. One of their priests was impris-
oned By the prince in his yamen. Six of them
set out TO rescue him. and had the impudence
and courage to go and cook their food in the yard
of the yamen So much for the T'e-pu.
We spent some days in Choni, and Septem-
Der 18th left for the little village of Archuen,
thirty miles to the south where we were the pay
ing guests of one Chishi. He was keen hunter,
a little, thin, wiry man with a pleasant face.
The Thibstan houses are far cleaner and more
tidily kept than those of the Chinese We 0ccu,
pied the large family room, which they all
tain, and were really very we'll off. Our hostess,
a most masterful lady, who ruled her husband
with rod Of iron, had to be warned not to in
wade the sanctty of chamber at certain
hours, otherwise she and the rest of the village
crowded to what they considered a show organ
lied by benefcent Providence for their especial
benefit, in and out of season.
Our object in coming to Archuen was to secure
heads of the wild sheep of western Kansu. DR..
j. A. c. Smith, our companion, sent home speci-
men which the natives brought him early in
1911; but so far as l it has not hith-
erto been secured By a white man in this par
ticuar part of China. Mr.. R. Kingdom Ward has
enormously described it as Owls Hodgsoni but
this it most certainly is not. A full-grown male
stands about three feet at the shoulder and
weighs approximately hundred and fifty
pounds Il give later the measurements of one
which | subsequently shot) The horns are
smooth, growing more or less at right angles to
the skull and curving upwards and outwards at
the tips. The animals are handsomely marked
with black on the forelegs, with white patch
on the knee. A black stripe runs up the hind
legs to the point of the thigh. The hooks are
also black. The chest of the older rams is Of
similar color, speckled with white the neck;
the black marking extends between the fore legs.
There is black stripe on the side extending from
the point of the thigh TO d point short Of the ell
bow. The tip of the tail is black. The general
color is gray-brown, though in certain aspects
there is a decidedly blue tinge The muzze is
dark to a line between the eyes, turning to 4 red
brown tone at the edges where it merges into the
general gray tone Of the face Very closely allied
to the burheI of India (Ovis natural, cannot be
certain if they are identical It is difficult to
compare the two from photographs but from
the remarks of local hunters it would certainly
appear that there are differences particularly IN
the shape of the horns. After a weeks hunting
from Archuen we decided to move so as to be
closer to our ground. George had got on the
track of a herd containing three rams. while I
had seen a lot Of nine, headed by a single ram
with one horn. George located his herd on an
extremely steep rocky ridge which thrust itself
from grass slope above the river The lodges
were sprinkled with frs and rhododendTons.
which added considerably to the difficulties Of the
task. He slept out on one occasion beneath