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they soon got used to us and moved awk- 

 wardly round, but at any sudden noise or 

 motion they would immediately squat flat 

 down again. But at a very early age the 

 fawns learn how to shift for themselves, and 

 can then run almost as fast as their parents, 

 even when no larger than a jack-rabbit 

 Once, while we were haying, a couple of 

 my cow-boys spent half an hour in trying to 

 run down and capture a little fawn, but they 

 were unable to catch it, it ran so fast and 

 ducked about so quickly. Antelope fawns 

 are very easily tamed and make most amus- 

 ing pets. We have had two or three, but 

 have never succeeded in rearing any of them ; 

 but some of the adjoining ranchmen have 

 been more fortunate. They are not nearly 

 so pretty as deer fawns, having long, gang- 

 ling legs and angular bodies, but they 

 are much more familiar and interesting. 

 One of my neighbors has three live prong- 

 horns, as well as two little spotted white-tail 

 deer. The deer fawns are always skulking 

 about, and are by no means such bold in- 



