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sandy plain, which separates it from the 

 sea, is through a labyrinth of little 

 channels, winding between green mounds. 

 The prevailing southerly and south- 

 westerly winds are for ever intruding 

 sandy banks and hillocks into the 

 Chilka, and these soon become grass- 

 covered and fixed. 



Under cover of these banks and 

 mounds, we landed within a quarter of 

 a mile of a large herd of antelope, and 

 one of our champions was forthwith 

 accoutred for the coming encounter. 

 Running nooses of cord hung from the 

 base of the horns, and others over the 

 shoulders, and then the ends of the cord 

 were brought farther back and wound 

 round the buck at the girth. He was 

 then set free, and at once trotted gently 



