206 CAMP FIRE REMINISCENCES 
self decided to cross the basin and get out to the - 
antelope country again, as I had no further inter- 
est in wapiti, but was determined to bag two more 
pronghorns. 
We broke camp on the morning of the 17th and 
proceeded down to the Fall River. Before going 
very far a band of antelope appeared running 
about on some low hills free from timber. W. 
and myself started in pursuit, but they were wilder 
than those of the plains, and we were never within 
eight hundred yards of them. They seemed to be 
on the lookout and very restless. Crossing the 
river at a ford much higher up than when coming 
in, we took a short cut, leaving the wagon with the 
guide and cook to go around. This enabled us to 
beat a lot of country and still keep ahead of the 
wagon. We passed Fayler’s cottage during the 
day, having at noon lunched near it, then we ex- 
plored the country between the road and the hills 
to the east, but no more game was seen until well 
on in the afternoon, when we were riding side by 
side along the road between two hills. The one on 
our left was perfectly free from trees and scrub of 
any kind on the slope next to us, but on the top of it 
we could see a fringe of aspens, and we knew that 
there was a dense growth of them on the other side. 
I saw standing beside this fringe, five pronghorns; 
they were about two hundred and fifty or three hun- 
dred yards away and looking at us. To get nearer 
was impossible, so I dismounted, lay down on the 
ground, and fired at the buck, bringing him down. ~ 
The others, of course, disappeared, and W. and 
