PART II 



CHAPTER I 



A TRIP ON THE PRAIRIE 



NO antelope are found, except rarely, im- 

 mediately round my ranch-house, 

 where the ground is much too broken to suit 

 them; but on the great prairies, ten or fif- 

 teen miles off, they are plentiful, though far 

 from as abundant as they were a few years 

 ago when the cattle were first driven into the 

 land. By plainsmen they are called either 

 prong-horn or antelope, but are most often 

 kuown by the latter and much less descrip- 

 tive title. Where they are found they are 

 always very conspicuous figures in the land- 

 scape; for, far from attempting to conceal 

 itself, an antelope really seems anxious to 

 take up a prominent position, caring only 

 to be able to itself see its foes. It is the 

 smallest in size of the plains game, even 



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