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horns measure about 17 inches. There are 

 also peculiarities about the hair on the neck 

 and body. If the bighorn is sought for its 

 horns, and the "goat" for its inaccessibility, 

 the pronghorn is shot for its flesh, which is 

 delicious eating, even in summer, when so 

 much other game is not worth the cooking. 

 Unfortunately it is being fast exterminated, 

 and the time cannot be far distant when, like 

 the bison, it will survive only in protected 

 parks ; and even in the Yellowstone, where 

 it is safe from the sportsman, it is being de- 

 voured by wolves. The true home of the 

 pronghorn is on the open grassy plains from 

 Manitoba southward to Nevada and California, 

 and it was even found in the Colorado desert, 

 as far from regular supplies of water as the 

 eland of the Kalahari. It is a delicate animal, 

 and even suffers from severe winter weather. 

 It is also a wary creature and must be stalked 

 with infinite patience. Even so, in the absence 

 of cover on the plains, it must generally be 

 shot at long range. 



DEER 



The deer of Canada are of great importance 

 to the sportsman, including as they do the 

 moose, caribou, wapiti, mule deer, and white- 

 tail, or Virginian, deer. The greatest of all 



