32 HUNTING TRIPS 



one of our best steers also perished from 

 the same cause. But in the latter case, the an- 

 imal, like the poor girl spoken of above, had 

 received two wounds with the poison fangs ; 

 apparently it had, while grazing with its head 

 down, been first struck in the nose, and been 

 again struck in the foreleg as it started 

 away. 



Of all kinds of hunting, the chase of the 

 antelope is pre-eminently that requiring 

 skill in the use of the rifle at long range. 

 The distance at which shots have to be taken 

 in antelope hunting is at least double the 

 ordinary distance at which deer are fired 

 at. In pursuing most other kinds of game, 

 a hunter who is not a good shot may still 

 do excellent work; but in prong-horn hunt- 

 ing, no man can make even a fairly good 

 record unless he is a skilful marksman. I 

 have myself done but little hunting after 

 antelopes, and have not, as a rule, been very 

 successful in the pursuit. 



Ordinary hounds are rarely, or never, 

 used to chase this game ; but coursing it with 



