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body. It has no tear ducts in front of the eyes, as have the 

 deer and elk. The flesh is palatable, when killed at the proper 

 time of the year, in the fall. If the body is left intact long 

 after death, 'a taint of sage is detected in the flesn, and there 

 is also an unpleasant odor, like that of mutton not properly 

 dressed. 



Some sportsmen regard the antelope as very easy to kill. 

 In my opinion it is the hardest of the deer family to bring to 

 death. I have shot an antelope nine times, driving that num- 

 ber of 45-70-450 bullets through its body, and then it trav- 

 eled ten miles before it fell. Sometimes I have shot them 

 lengthwise through the body, but seldom have I seen them 

 fall where they were shot. 



