Antlers 



awkward as the nilgai or blue bull, probably the 

 clumsiest of all antelopes. For their size it is 

 wonderful how quietly a number of sambhar can 

 move through the forest or long grass without 

 making a sound, or but little sound. 



An old doe will stand on the edge of the forest. 



When not startled, the deer's movements are 

 slow, and they graze in Indian file along the animal 

 path to which they keep ; or at most stray but a 

 few feet from it to browse, returning to it again. 



If you watch a herd of does on the feed, you 

 will find that they progress at a very slow rate 

 indeed when grazing in this manner. Watch 

 them come out of the forest into the grass. An 



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