216 TIP US. 



right and left. How any beast contrived to go 

 as he did with such a wound I cannot understand. 



Towards evening the antelopes, which had 

 been a good deal harassed the last day or two, 

 appeared to pack, and I once or twice came across 

 large herds, one of which must have numbered 

 from 150 to 300. These antelopes are, I believe, 

 not a common variety, being found only between 

 the Black Sea and the Caspian. The horns, which 

 are curved back from the brow, start away from 

 one another at the base, and curve in towards 

 each other again at the tips. They are annulated 

 from the base to the point at which the inward 

 curve commences. The finest head in my posses- 

 sion has twenty-four rings on either horn, the horns 

 measuring fourteen inches each. In this specimen 

 the face is quite white from age, all the handsome 

 black and tan markings of the younger bucks 

 having faded out in this veteran. On my return 

 to Tin 1 is I made another discovery with regard to 

 this antelope, to wit, that of all the flesh I ever 

 ate, its flesh is the most delicious. 



Like all other game, antelope is very cheap in 

 the bazaar ; for though the Russians are far from 

 being great sportsmen, every peasant has a gun, 

 and dabbles in the chase for profit's sake. Amongst 

 the Russians in the north I doubt not there are 

 many genuine sportsmen to be found keen men, 

 who relish a hard day's work with a spice of 



