AND OTHEE HUNTING ADVENTURES. 



right-fielder, you have not had the good fortune 

 to stop her, and she is now out of sight behind a 

 low ridge. 



But you have the better animal of the two, and 

 have had sport enough for the first morning. "We 

 will take the entrails out of these two, lash them 

 across our horses behind our saddles, go to camp, 

 and rest through the heat of the day; for this Sep- 

 tember sun beams down with great power in mid- 

 day, even though the nights are cool and frosty. 



And now, as we have quite a long ride to camp, 

 and as we are to pass over a rather monotonous 

 prairie country en route, I will give you a point or 

 two on flagging antelope, as we ride along, that may 

 be useful to you at some time. Fine sport may 

 frequently be enjoyed in this way. If you can find 

 a band that have not been hunted much, and are not 

 familiar with the wiles of the white man, you will have 

 little trouble in decoj'ing them within rifle range 

 by displaying to them almost any brightly-colored 

 object. They have as much curiosity as a woman, 

 and will run into all kinds of danger to investigate 

 any strange object they may discover. They have 

 been known to follow an emigrant or freight wagon, 

 with a white cover, several miles, and the Indian often 

 brings them within reach of his arrow or bullet 

 by standing in plain view wrapped in his red blanket. 

 A piece of bright tin or a mirror answers the same 

 purpose on a clear day. Almost any conspicious or 

 strange -looking object will attract them; but I he 

 most convenient as well as the most reliable at all 

 times is a little bright-red flag. 



On one occasion I was hunting in the Snowy Mount- 



