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better water. My husband went down the gulch, while I 

 watched the camera until his return. I had not waited long 

 before an antelope came in sight around the point of the hill. 

 They often come singly so. I thought one was better than 

 none, but I was happily disappointed, as four more appeared 

 on the scene, looking and watching as they came. A fawn 

 followed at a little distance, but the bunch came so close I 

 thought best not to wait for the fawn, so snapped the shutter 

 and caught them just in time (No. 2), for my husband ap- 

 peared a moment later and they vanished at once. As this 

 was my first picture of antelope, I was well pleased with it. 

 They are so wild that they make a very difficult subject. 



We are camped at Antelope Springs in the land of antelope, 

 sage-hens, and coyotes. The pronghorn comes to water 

 early, so we must find out hiding-places before his arrival. 

 Our camp is at the smaller spring, over the hill and out of 

 sight from the larger one. Reaching the main spring about 

 sunrise, we conceal ourselves and the cameras, with all the 

 skill we can command, in side gulches where they join the 

 main gulch, to wait for these wild, shy creatures. The pic- 

 ture (No. 10) shows them in a typical environment — rolling 

 hills and plains with scant sage-brush and grass. I have seen 

 them at play, running in circles and making figures of eight; 

 a hundred or more thus at play make a curious sight. It is 

 astonishing to see how quickly they can turn in an opposite 

 direction. When the bunch in No. 10 came to the top of 

 the hill I was very doubtful of success, and feared they would 



