CHAPTER V 



The four-horned antelope Habits Tracks Head scarcely a trophy 

 The chinkara or ravine deer Buck and does horned Habits 

 and distribution Lives in desert tracts Stalking A midday 

 stalk Fascination of the desert Chink tracks A morning's 

 stalk A curious desert beetle The greater bustard Death of 

 the buck. 



THE FOUR-HORNED ANTELOPE 



ARETTY little creature is the four-horned 

 antelope, pretty and daintily made, 

 though he cannot vie in beauty with 

 his cousin, the black buck of the open 

 country, or the chinkara of the sandy deserts. 



Although so lightly built, his movements are 

 much more like the barking deer, though not so 

 heavy and awkward. Still, for his size and make, 

 it is surprising how heavy afoot he is. 



You put him up in grass jungle, and watch him 

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