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CHAPTER V 



The four-horned antelope — Habits — Tracks — Head scarcely a trophy 

 — The chinkara or ravine deer — Buck and does horned — Habits 

 and distribution — Lives in desert tracts— Stalking — A midday 

 stalk — Fascination of the desert — Chink tracks — A morning's 

 stalk — A curious desert beetle — The greater bustard — Death of 

 the buck. 



THE FOUR-HORNED ANTELOPE 



A PRETTY little creature is the four-horned 



/% antelope, pretty and daintily made, 



/ % though he cannot vie in beauty with 



his cousin, the black buck of the open 



country, or the chinkara of the sandy deserts. 



Although so lightly built, his movements are 

 much more like the barking deer, though not so 

 heavy and awkward. Still, for his size and make, 

 it is surprising how heavy afoot he is. 



You put him up in grass jungle, and watch him 

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