Ounce (Snow Leopard)

Plate VI: "Distribution.- All the high ranges of Central Asia, including Gilgit, Hunza, Turkestan, Trans-Baikalia, Armurland, and Western China?t is also supposed to occur in Persia. Habits.- Not much is known about the mode of life of the Ounce, and the creature is but seldom seen....It is known, however, to prey largely upon the smaller kinds of wild Sheep such as the Bharal and the Sha."