DEER STALKING. 33 



After a little practice, the novice vdll find it no great 

 difficulty to stalk a deer or antelope, or to lure them 

 up within range of his rifle by the simple expedient of 

 exciting their curiosity. In inquisitiveness, ladies must 

 yield the palm to the graceful members of the deer 

 tribe or the swift prong-horn. 



If the young sportsman sticks to his shot-gun, 

 and commits fearful havoc amongst the grouse, the 

 sport will be pleasant enough for a few days. There 

 are no keepers to be Hipped' after each day's shoot- 

 ing; no boundaries over which he may not pass. 

 But, in a day or two, he will be over-stocked with 

 game, which he will in vain desire to get rid of in 

 the usual manner. Unless he should happen to be 

 near a town few people will care to accept his game 

 as a present. In our camp-hunts we never shot them 

 unless specially desired, and then could only get the 

 prices above mentioned. 



With plenty of game at hand those prices gave us 

 a living ; and, for my own part, I fancy it was better 

 to lead this ^vild life than to accumulate wealth in 

 a certainly less agreeable and, perhaps, less just 

 manner. I much regret that ever I left those 

 huntino- o-rounds to become once more a dweller in 

 cities. 



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