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At page 17 of the number of that periodical for March 1847, 

 my friend H. B. E. writes thus in a letter dated Kamptee, 1st 

 January 1847 : " I send a rough sketch of two pairs of antelope's 

 " horns of uncommon length. One pair measured twenty-five and 

 " a half inches, and weigh 1 1 Ibs. 4 oz., and belonged to a black buck 

 " which I killed at Hyderabad (Dekkan) in 1846. The other are 

 " twenty-four and a half inches long, and weigh 11 Ibs. 11 ozs., and 

 " belonged to a dark brown buck which I killed at Daolee or Deroly, 

 " about 60 miles south-west of this place. Perhaps you will 

 " kindly let me know if any longer have been seen or heard of by 

 " you or any of your friends ? 



" I ask the question as I have never yet been able to meet with 

 - a " Shikar Dost," who has had or known anything like them. I 

 " have seen some thousands myself on our side of India, (Madras) 

 " and these are certainly the only two pairs which I have met with 

 " that come near to them in length. Twenty-two inches is con- 

 " sidered a veiy fine pair, and twenty-three uncommonly long." 



When it is remembered that this writer "H. B. R." had just 

 been quartered for some time at Secunderabad, near to which is the 

 Nizam's " rumnah" or preserve, teeming with antelope, it must be 

 allowed that his opportunities of seeing them were better than those 

 enjoyed by most men. 



At the risk of the story being set down as an Indian traveller's 

 tale, I must relate how with one ball from a 14-smooth bore, I 

 broke three legs of an unhappy buck antelope. 



On the same trip mentioned in the notes on the fox, at page 56, 

 ray palankeen, or rather the light litter I used as a substitute for 

 that conveyance, was one morning, just before dawn, set down by 

 the bearers, who said that they had been so much exhausted by the 

 last stage, which had been a muddy one, that they really could not 

 go farther, and that I must send to the nearest village for extra 

 men : meaning thereby that I should promise them a reward if 

 they would consent to go on at once. This I would not do, for the 

 litter, kit and occupant included, were far less than the weight of 

 most empty palankeens ; so telling them to rest for an hour, I took 

 my gun and strolled towards a small lake which I knew was near. 

 As is the custom with most sportsmen, I must have been moving 



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