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belly. I once saw some does and fawns erect or in 

 some way spread out the large patch of white hair 

 on their rumps. I had left my horse, and was trying 

 to stalk a fine buck, when these animals trotted 

 past me, all unconscious of my proximity, though evi- 

 dently uneasy at the sight of the horse with a saddle 

 on him. As they trotted slowly past me, they all 

 seemed to have their backs humped up, whilst the 

 white hair on their hind-quarters seemed to be bristled 

 up in such a way as to make this part of their bodies 

 look much larger than it really was. Instead of fol- 

 lowing the ewes, as I had hoped and expected he 

 would have done, the old buck went off by himself 

 and never gave me a chance of a shot at him. 



After having cleaned and cut up my first antelope 

 as already described, we again proceeded on our jour- 

 ney, and on the afternoon of September 7 passed 

 the embryo township of Marquette. Some six miles 

 farther on we spied a few antelopes feeding near the 

 foot of a low range of hills, distant about a mile away 

 from the road. After carefully studying the ground, 

 I determined to try and stalk them, but it was first 

 necessary to make a long detour on horseback in 

 order to approach them from behind the hills. As we 

 thought these antelopes must be accustomed to seeing 

 people riding along the road, Graham and W. M. rode 

 steadily forwards, whilst I rode in the opposite direc- 

 tion until well out of sight, and then cantered round 

 to the back of the hills. On my way I put up six 



