We present high resolution spectroscopy of the yellow symbiotic star AG Draconis with ESPaDOnS at the {it Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope}. Our analysis is focused on the profiles of Raman scattered ion{O}{VI} features centered at 6825 AA and 7082 AA, which are formed through Raman scattering of ion{O}{VI}$lambdalambda$1032 and 1038 with atomic hydrogen. These features are found to exhibit double component profiles with conspicuously enhanced red parts. Assuming that the ion{O}{vi} emission region constitutes a part of the accretion flow around the white dwarf, Monte Carlo simulations for ion{O}{VI} line radiative transfer are performed to find that the overall profiles are well fit with the accretion flow azimuthally asymmetric with more matter on the entering side than on the opposite side. As the mass loss rate of the giant component is increased, we find that the flux ratio $F(6825)/F(7082)$ of Raman 6825 and 7082 features decreases and that our observational data are consistent with a mass loss rate $dot Msim 2 times 10^{-7} {rm M_{odot} yr^{-1}}$. We also find that additional bipolar components moving away with a speed $sim 70{rm km s^{-1}}$ provide considerably improved fit to the red wing parts of Raman features. The possibility that the two Raman profiles differ is briefly discussed in relation to the local variation of the ion{O}{VI} doublet flux ratio.
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