ridge to the east of us, which rose ab- 
ruptly from the plain where we were. 
I was soon able to make out that they 
were antelope. But the antelope had 
also seen us, and there was as much 
chance of getting near to them, by di- 
rect pursuit, as of a snail catching a 
hare. So we rode on calmly northward 
for half a mile, making believe we had 
not seen them, until we passed out of 
sight behind a long hill. Then we be- 
gan an elaborate detour up the moun- 
tain, keeping well out of sight, until we 
judged that the animals, providing 
they had not moved, were below us, 
under the rocky ledge nearly a mile 
back. 
We tied up the horses on that dizzy 
height, and stole, Nimrod with a car- 
bine, I with the rifle, along a treacherous, 
shaly bank which ended, twenty feet 
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