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This buck was shot in Goozerat, on the western side of the 

 gulf of Cambay, his horns fairly measured, and when off the skull, 

 were 26^ inches long, with fifty-two rings ; but with only three 

 and a half flexures or twists. 



Jerdon is as usual correct, when he says that greyhounds get 

 savage over an antelope that has been pulled down. A short time 

 ago one of my dogs, although perfectly gentle at other times and 

 submissive to reason during the worry of jackal or fox, got so 

 excited over a wounded gazelle they had run into that she flew at 

 my face and, had not my stick upset her, would probably have 

 left on it a lasting mark of that morning's sport. 



No. 68, Page 141. Gazella Bennettii. 

 The Indian Gazelle. 



The longest horns which 1 have seen of this gazelle were, of 

 a buck a little more than 13 inches, and of a doe just 6. The 

 skull to which these last belonged is intended for the Madras 

 Museum. This doe was killed by my greyhounds close to Kamp- 

 tee : with the exception of an old scar on one leg, she appeared 

 in excellent health and condition, and the ground was not in favor 

 of the dogs, she should therefore not have been run into. This 

 beautiful antelope is very easily tamed, but like other wild animals 

 in captivity the males become savage during the rutting season. 

 A very handsome buck, now in my possession and intended for the 

 People's Park at Madras, if his exceeding impudence to dogs and 

 men does not bring him to an untimely end, requires to be handled 

 with great caution, for he makes use of his dirk-like horns with,"or 

 without, any provocation. 



Jerdon's description is as follows : 



"Color above deep fawn-brown, darker where it joins the white 

 on the sides and buttocks ; chin, breast, lower parts and buttocks 

 behind white ; tail, knee tufts and fetlocks behind black ; a dark- 

 brown spot on the nose, and a dark line from the eyes to the mouth, 

 bordered by a light one above. 



Length of a buck 3 J feet ; tail 8- inches ; height 26 at shoulder, 

 28 at the croup ; ear 6 inches ; head 9 ; horns 12 to lo. 



