INTER-OCEAN HUNTING TALES 



is scattered, and some stray confused animal 

 will try to rejoin the others, and in doing so 

 will run straight in the direction of his com- 

 rades, quite regardless of the closeness of his 

 pursuers. I saw one lone distracted animal 

 trying to rejoin the herd come within sixty 

 yards of a dismounted hunter, who tried to 

 get a shot at it, but was prevented by his 

 horse straying in front of him and moving 

 in such a way that his aim was cut off, until 

 the antelope had considerably increased the 

 distance, and then escaped the shots fired. 



My time being limited, I was compelled to 

 cut my antelope hunt short without having 

 secured a suitable trophy, although I had 

 plenty of hard riding and excitement. On 

 the return trip, as the guide and myself sat 

 by the camp-fire, a cowboy joined us who 

 became quite companionable, and gave us all 

 the news after his mind had been sufficiently 

 stimulated by several generous pulls at the 

 flask. It appeared that a couple of days be- 

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