EL A CK-B UCK SHOOTING. 123" 



be obtained at a range varying from sixty to one 

 hundred and fifty yards. 



I am aware that amongst many Indian sports- 

 men antelope-shooting is looked down on ; but to 

 my mind it had always a great charm, and I 

 fancied that there was always a certain amount 

 of patience and science which it was necessary to 

 display if you wished to succeed. 



In addition to this, it was a sport obtainable by 

 all, and within reach of the most impecunious 

 subaltern, for it involved no great preparation, 

 and no expense, and, to reward you for time and 

 labour expended, you obtained handsome trophies 

 of the chase in the shape of horns and skins for 

 no real sportsman would shoot a doe (which are 

 hornless), except when required for meat and 

 the exercise was beneficial to health. 



On all these points, therefore, let me recommend 

 the sport to anyone who may have the opportunity 

 to indulge in it. Depend upon it, it is a far 

 better manner in every way of passing the hours 

 that often hang heavy in India, than by imbibing 

 4 pegs/ and playing cards, as so many do. 



