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themselves with air to " fly before the wind." 

 He did not stop till he reached the slopes 

 on the opposite side of the valley, where he 

 became a distant speck. But we saw with 

 our glasses that, antelope - like, his alarm was 

 but short-lived, and he had begun to graze. 



Taking my rifle and a mounted man with 

 me, I made a detour, and soon reached the 

 undulating ground at the bottom of the slopes. 

 Here I dismounted, and leaving the ponies, 

 began what seemed an easy stalk. After cross- 

 ing some dry ravines I ascended the ridge I 

 had made for, the last few yards on all -fours, 

 but found I was still a good three hundred 

 yards or more from the buck, and no means 

 of getting any closer. It was too far, but 

 after waiting some time I sighted to three 

 hundred yards and took a steady shot lying 

 down. Off went the antelope, but dotty and 

 evidently hit ; and luckily for me he took a 

 line down the valley more or less in the direc- 

 tion of camp. Shouting for my pony, I ran 

 back and met my Ladaki dragging the animals 

 towards me and very excited. Then began a 

 long chase. My wife had watched the stalk 

 with her glasses from a rise in the ground 

 near where we had seen the buck first, and 

 grasping the state of affairs, mounted her steed 



