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returning to their coign of vantage in the covert- 

 less ground with the first grey streak of dawn. 

 Some, however, remain in the fields all day sleep- 

 ing and grazing at intervals, and the whereabouts 

 of a lordly buck may often be ascertained by 

 keeping a sharp look-out, when his horns may be 

 seen projecting above the cotton plants amidst 

 which he is taking his mid-day siesta. They often 

 lie up, too, during the day in fields of sugar-cane 

 and bajree, a high grain that attains a height of 

 six or seven feet. In such places the cultivators 

 usually erect platforms, whereon a watcher sits 

 all night, keeping up a continual shouting to keep 

 the antelope off the crops. It is doubtful, how- 

 ever, if they do much good, as in course of time 

 the wily animal comes to disregard these shouts, 

 and merely keeps moving about, taking a bite 

 here and there, and in reality doing more damage 

 than if allowed to remain quiet and blow himself 

 out. 



Natives often snare antelopes, and they are 

 also caught by means of a tame and trained buck, 

 who, having nooses fastened on his horns, sallies 

 forth. He soon engages a wild buck in single 

 combat, and so manages as to interlace the nooses 

 that are attached to his own horns round those 

 of his wild brother, until his owner comes up, 

 and administers the coup-de-grace. These methods, 



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