2o8 SHOOTING THESE ANTELOPES. 



fifteen or twenty head are seen together, but we 

 never once saw more than this. The herd never 

 mixes with the dzerens even if it graze on the same 

 pastures, which seldom occurs. 



It is much shyer than the dzeren, and owing to 

 its excellent sight, hearing, and smell, easily escapes 

 the snares of the hunter, being in common with 

 other antelopes, very hard to kill, which increases 

 the difficulty of the chase. 



They feed in the evening and early morning, 

 lying down, during the day under the lee of a hillock 

 where they are sheltered from the wind. It is ex- 

 tremely difficult to mark one of these animals when 

 reposing, on account of their colour so closely re- 

 sembling that of the sand or the yellow clay. They 

 are better discernible whilst grazing, or if they 

 happen to be standing on the summit of a hill, where 

 they will sometimes remain stationary for an hour 

 at a time. This is the best and only opportunity 

 the sportsman can have of stalking them. 



If startled the kara-sulta bounds off for several 

 hundred paces, then stops and looks at its pursuer 

 for a few minutes, before resuming its flight. It is 

 useless attempting to follow on its tracks ; the 

 animal will probably go a long distance and will be 

 more cautious than ever. 



My companion and I wasted a good deal of time 

 and labour before we shot our first kara-sulta. The 

 first and second days we were unsuccessful, and only 

 on the morning of the third I succeeded in bagging 

 a fine buck after a good stalk. One ought really 



