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squat and dodge like a rabbit, and it is at these 
quick turns that the horses get gashed. 
At night the javelins sally forth to dig roots, 
mushrooms, etc., and to feed upon nuts and 
acorns, the latter now forming their chief fare 
in Texas. They also kill and eat snakes, liz- 
ards, frogs, and any other small animals they 
can catch. Near settlements they are, or used 
to be, a nuisance by entering and damaging 
gardens and planted fields. These animals are 
to be seen in most zodlogical gardens where 
they thrive and grow tame; but they have few 
qualities to recommend them in a practical 
way. 
Bighorn and mountain goat. The bighorn 
is easily domesticated and would doubtless 
flourish in any dry and elevated part of the 
country, but it appears to be of no practical 
value except for its flesh, and the gamy quality 
of that, which now recommends it, would prob- 
ably disappear in animals raised in a corral and 
fed an unvaried pasture or lowland fodder. 
The same may be said of the pronghorn ante- 
lope. Its flesh is a better ‘‘venison’’ than that 
of the sheep; but is difficult to adapt to cap- 
