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plains pay very little attention to what they 

 hear; indeed, in the open they can hardly 

 be approadu <1 iu-ar enough to make of much 

 account any ordinary amount of noise 

 caused by the stalker, especially as the lat- 

 ter is walking over little but grass and soft 

 earth. The buffalo, whose shaggy front- 

 let of hair falls over his eyes and prevents 

 his seeing at any great distance, depends 

 mainly upon his exquisite sense of smell. 

 The antelope, on the other hand, depends al- 

 most entirely on his great, bulging eyes, and 

 very little on his nose. His sight is many 

 times as good as that of deer, both species 

 of which, as well as elk, rely both upon 

 sight and hearing, but most of all upon their 

 sense of smell, for their safety. The big- 

 horn has almost as keen eyesight as an ante- 

 lope, while his ears and nose are as sens 

 to sound and scent as are those of an elk. 



Black-tail, like other members of the deer 

 family, do not pay much attention to an ob- 

 ject which is not moving. A hunter who 

 is standing motionless or squatting do\\ 



