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Power. — Character of its Flesh. — Its Abundance. — Great Numbers 

 slaughtered Annually. — Objection of Pot-hunters to Hounds. — Best 

 Kind of Dogs for hunting it in the Forests. — Packs in the North-west. 

 — Use of Deer-hounds.— Where to find the Black-tail. — The White-tail- 

 ed Deer. — Its Haunts and Habits. — Difference between it and the Black- 

 tail when running before Hounds. — Its Intrusive Character and Abun- 

 dance. — How Farmers keep it away from their Crops. — Antipathy be- 

 tween Sheep and Deer. — Fondness for Salt and Sulphur Springs. — Best 

 Weapon for hunting it. — The Spotted and White Deer. — The Former a 

 Great Pet. — The Latter supposed to be a Wandering Spirit by the In- 

 dians. — Where found. — The Virginia Deer. — Its Feeding-grounds. — Best 

 Time for stalking it. — How to stalk it. — The Dwarf Deer. — Its Haunts, 

 Habits, and Numbers. — Different Methods of hunting Deer. — A Day's 

 Hunting in the Woods with Hounds. — Number Captured. — A Fortnight 

 in the Forests of Washington Territory. — Our Camp and Hunting Expe- 

 rience. — Extraordinary Abundance of Fur, Fin, and Feather. — Incidents 

 of Sport and Camp Life. — Merry Times. — Attacked by a Buck. — Lost in 

 the Forest. — Actions of a Man when lost. — How I reached Camp. — Ex- 

 cursions after Fin and Feather. — Homeward bound. — A Grand Hunt- 

 ball. — The Ball-room and the People. — An Original Band. — The Terpsi- 

 choreans, and now they were put through their Figures. — Ball-room 

 Scenes and Repasts. — A Hunt-dinner. — Rambling once more. — A Pleas- 

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CHAPTER XII. 



THE ANTELOPE, OR PRONG-HORN. 



The Prong-horn. — Its Haunts, Range, and Abundance. — Character of its 

 Food. — Its fear of Woods. — Its Position in Natural History. — General 

 Characteristics. — Strange Growth of its Horns. — Its Glandular System. 

 — Is easily Tamed. — Sterility when Domesticated. — Its Speed. — Cours- 

 ing it with Greyhounds. — Vigilance of the Animal. — A Herd on Guard. 

 — Best Means of stalking it. — Great Curiosity of Males. — Weeps when 

 wounded. — Twenty-four killed by one Dog. — A Day's Coursing on the 

 Laramie Plains. — Lassoing Fawns. — The best Dogs for the Chase. — 

 How experienced Hounds hunt the Antelope. — Stalking and its Re- 

 sult. — Playful Fawns. — Stags and Wolves. — Fate of the Antelope.. 363 



CHAPTER XIII. 



THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN GOAT. 



The Rocky Mountain Goat. — Position in Natural History. — Its Classifica- 

 tion. — Supposed to be a Goat-antelope. — Its Appearance, Haunts, and 

 Habits. — Character of its Hair. — Vigilance of Sentinels. — Its Nimble- 

 ness. — Fear of the Lowlands. — Getting Scarce. — Flocks in Flight. — 

 First Introduction to the Goat. — A March with Indians. — A Stalk in 

 the Cascade Range. — Its Result. — Disappointment. — A Ram killed. — 

 Skin spoiled by a Fall. — A Hunt in Montana. — Sharp Terriers. — Their 



