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a fresh charge. At the second en- 

 counter, and almost as soon as they 

 met, the wild buck got one of his horns 

 caught in the noose, and taking alarm, 

 instantly struggled to escape. His 

 captor simply hung back, allowing him- 

 self to be dragged slowly on, while two 

 of his human allies, running up at head- 

 long speed, seized the ensnared buck, 

 threw him down, and lashing one horn 

 to his haunch, shouldered him, and 

 brought him back in triumph. 



If I recollect right, my gipsy friends 

 told me that bucks captured full grown 

 could be easily trained to assist in this 

 way in snaring their fellows. This is 

 not quite so strange as it may appear. 

 The antelope is easily tamed, and be- 

 comes very familiar and fond of his 



