CHAPTER IV 



Black buck Marvellous leaping powers Appearance and size of 

 horns Horned females A gay Lothario Habits Methods of 

 shooting buck Stalking A nasty stalk and a miss Dislike of 

 elephants Tracks of buck Blue bull or nilgai Peculiar gait 

 Horns Habits Easy to shoot Importance of conciliating villa- 

 gers near your shooting-grounds A morning's stalk -Appearance 

 of nilgai tracks Death of the bull. 



BLACK BUCK 



who have watched these little 

 antelopes in their homes on the great 

 plains of India will readily award the 

 palm for lightness, beauty, and grace to 

 black buck amongst all the popularly so- 

 though, of course, the black 

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called deer tribe 



