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rel and ball in the other. He came within thirty yards of 

 me and stopped suddenly, then turned broadside towards 

 me. I could see his very eyes, his beautiful form, and 

 his fine horns, for it was a buck. I pulled one trigger — 

 it snapped, the animal moved not; I pulled the other, 

 snapped again, and away the Antelope bounded, and ran 

 swiftly from me. I put on fresh caps, and saw it stop 

 after going a few hundred yards, and presently it came 

 towards me again, but not within one hundred and fifty 

 yards, when seeing that it would njt come nearer I pulled 

 the trigger with the ball ; off it went, and so did the Ante- 

 lope, which this time went quite out of my sight. I re- 

 turned to camp and found all ready for a move. Owen 

 went up a hill to reconnoitre for Antelopes and cows ; see- 

 ing one of the former he crept after it. Bell followed, 

 and at this moment a Hare leaped from the path before 

 us, and stopped within twenty paces. Harris was not 

 loaded with shot, and I only with buck-shot ; however, I 

 fired and killed it; it proved to be a large female, and 

 after measuring, we skinned it, and I put on a label 

 "Townsend's Hare, killed a few miles from the three 

 Mamelles, July 2y, 1843." After travelling for a good 

 while, Owen, who kept ahead of us, made signs from the 

 top of a high hill that Buffaloes were in sight. This 

 signal is made by walking the rider's horse backwards 

 and forwards several times. We hurried on towards him, 

 and when we reached tha place, he pointed to the spot 

 where he had seen them, and said they were travelling 

 fast, being a band of both cows and bulls. The hunters 

 were mounted at once, and on account of Squires' sore- 

 ness I begged him not to run; so he drove me in the 

 wagon as fast as possible over hills, through plains and 

 ravines of all descriptions, at apace beyond belief. From 

 time to time we saw the hunters, and once or twice the 

 Buffaloes, which were going towards the fort. At last 

 we reached an eminence from which we saw both the 



