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wished to hunt, and I had to make a wide circuit to avoid 

 driving before me the herd containing the buck which I had 

 missed. 



I now came on a fresh herd, and acquitted myself better, 

 another good buck being placed in the cart However, I 

 found I was getting far away from our point of rendezvous, 

 and I was obliged again to alter my course. In a bit of un- 

 cultivated waste, partially covered with thorny scrub, I saw a 

 herd of chinkara feeding. Among them was a fine buck, 

 who stood on a small rising ground, watching our advance. 

 Leaving my horse, I went on with the cart, and the deer 

 seemed to think we were not very dangerous, for they only 

 moved across our front, and went on feeding among the 

 " bair " bushes. Some of the does were very tame, but, as I 

 wanted the buck, I reserved my fire ; and my patience was 

 rewarded, for he soon gave me a fair chance, and I dropped 

 him in his tracks. There were two smaller bucks with the 

 herd, but I did not fire again. Unlike the Saiseen antelope, 

 the chinkara do not congregate in large numbers. More 

 than eight or ten are seldom seen together. Four or five is 

 a more usual number, and the bucks are often found singly. 

 It was now past midday, and knowing that my friend would 

 be waiting for me, I headed straight for our meeting-place. 

 But my attention was soon called to large numbers of ante- 

 lope moving in a northerly direction. The plain seemed 

 alive with them, and I think several thousand must have 

 been in sight Far away, in a distant herd, I saw a white 

 speck, and after examining it with the glass I became certain 

 that this was the buck we were after. 



The herds had evidently been alarmed, and I had no 

 doubt that my friend had started them. Taking no notice of 

 the others I moved across the line in which the herds were 



