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times be brought within shooting distance by playing upon their 

 curiosity. The hunter approaches his game as closely as possible 

 without alarming it, and then lying flat on the ground elevates a 

 flag, handkerchief, arm or leg. This soon attracts the attention 

 of the animals which proceed toward him, not directly but in cir- 

 cles, and generally with many pauses and halts. Sometimes they 

 will turn and run off as if quite satisfied, but before they have gone 

 far, will circle round and advance again, approaching a little 

 nearer than before. This continues for some time, and with care, 

 the game may be brought within three or four hundred yards, but 

 rarely nearer. The task requires more patience than most hunt- 

 ers possess, and is only to be recommended to a man who is 

 very hungry, or very tired of " sow belly " and anxious for fresh 

 meat. The Antelope ruts about the ist of November, and drops 

 its young, in couplets, about the middle of May. 



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