2 o6 HUNTING TRIPS 



show the proud, free port we are accus- 

 tomed to associate with the idea of a Buck, 

 and look rather ordinary, humble-seeming 

 animals, not at all conspicuous or likely 

 to attract the hunter's attention; but once 

 let them be frightened, and as they stand 

 facing the danger, or bound away from it, 

 their graceful movements and lordly bear- 

 ing leave nothing to be desired. The black- 

 tail is a still nobler-looking animal; while 

 an antelope, on the contrary, though as light 

 and quick on its feet as is possible for any 

 animal not possessing wings to be, yet has 

 an angular, goat-like look, and by no means 

 conveys to the beholder the same idea of 

 grace that a deer does. 



In coming home, on this wagon trip, we 

 made a long moonlight ride, passing over 

 between sunset and sunrise what had taken 

 us three days' journey on the outward 

 march. Of our riding horses, two were still 

 in good condition and well able to stand 

 a twenty-four hours' jaunt, in spite of hard 

 work and rough usage; the spare ones, as 



