THE ANTELOPES. 



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Provided with a gun, a bag of provisions, an iron-shod staff" to assist in climliing and leaping, an 

 axe to cut steps in the towering parapets of ice, and shoes studded with iron points, the chamois- 

 Inmter traverses the mountains, and prowls warily for his prey, not only during the day, but the 



