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the body of the work. It roams in vast herds over the 

 open plains of India, and if much disturbed, collects to 

 the number of many hundreds. It is a beautiful creature, 

 and being for the most part only found in the open flat 

 country, affords good opportunities of testing the sports- 

 man's skill and woodcraft when stalking them. This is 

 the most legitimate manner of approaching them ; but, 

 owing to the open character of the ground they seek, 

 other means are frequently employed. Carts, camels, 

 horses, and bullocks, trained for the purpose, are used. 

 The Black Buck has occasionally been run down, and 

 speared from horseback, but this is a feat not often 

 accomplished. 



Many years ago, the sportsmen of the large station of 

 Poona, in the Bombay Presidency, were in the habit of 

 assembling to ride down and spear half-grown antelopes ; 

 but even these often escaped, or gave such runs that but 

 one or two were up at the finish. It was rather cruel 

 work, and, as a sport, never came into much favour. 



Antelope, both male and female, completely white, 

 have been seen, and shot. But these albinoes, I need 

 hardly say, are of very rare occurrence. 



GAZELLE. The Chinkara of the English and native 

 sportsman, is, I presume, the " Guzelta rforca#." It is 

 met generally on the plains and low open hills of India, 

 In many parts it especially affects the nullahs and stony 

 eminences which diversify the plain. The horns of the 

 male are annuiated, and twist back with a slight but 

 graceful curve. They are ten or twelve inches in length. 

 The doe has horns also, but much smaller in every way 

 than those of the buck. They are not annuiated, and are 

 sometimes strangely distorted, without any approach to 



