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Western frontier of Nepal, and they are also to be met with all 

 over the lofty plateau which has to be crossed on the way to 

 Yarkand. It appears, however, never to have been found 

 in the district beyond the Niti Pass as far as Europeans have 

 been able to penetrate, nor did Colonel Kinloch apparently 

 meet with it when he crossed the frontier in the direction of 

 Gartope. 



The bucks vary a good deal in colour ; some of them are 

 a beautiful golden red, some a light fawn, and others a dirty 

 yellowish white. The colour of the hair seems always to fade 

 after the skin is removed. As a rule the skins are useless in 

 the summer as the antelope are changing their coats ; the legs 

 and face are dark brown, and the muzzle, instead of being neat 

 and deer-like, is broad and puffy. The horns are peculiar, 

 having a considerable bend forward at the tips, as if they were 

 pliable, and the buck was standing with his back to a gale of 

 wind. 



They have two greatly developed inguinal glands, the tubes 

 of which run right up into the body, and the Tartars are said to 

 believe that the antelope inflate these with air at will, to enable 

 them to gallop faster. A curious point about this antelope is 

 that though he can gallop, and very fast, he generally seems to 

 prefer moving at a sharp trot. 



As they are wary and require careful stalking, and as they 

 often lie up for the day in holes, which they have a curious 

 habit of scratching for themselves on the hillsides just deep 

 enough to conceal the whole of their bodies and necks when 

 lying down, leaving the eyes juat peeping over the top, the 

 l)est time to hunt them is when they are feeding in the morning 

 and evening. They are rather soft animals, and succumb to 

 wounds that most deer would travel miles with, the writer 

 t3nce broke the foreleg of a buck who after going about half a 

 mile lay down with his nose on the ground, and let himself be 

 caught. There was a pretty free fight for a bit when he was laid 

 hold of, his sharp horns necessitating a certain amount of caution ; 

 a judicious wrench towards his wounded side, however, at length 



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