SPORT AND SCIENCE ON THE 
Here, we were surprised to learn, there were ante- 
lopes in the vicinity. We decided to stay for a 
day and try our luck with them. 
Karly the following morning we rode out, accom- 
panied by a guide. We had not gone far when 
we suddenly came upon an antelope, which stood 
watching us at no great distance. Before we could 
get our rifles ready, however, he was off. A rapid 
shot only sent him flying like the wind. He seemed 
to stretch out along the ground, as he sped like 
an arrow over the sandy soil, and was soon out 
of sight. 
Continuing, we put up a second antelope, which 
we followed up carefully. Finally I got a shot 
at him, and bowled him over. He seemed to 
rebound from the earth, however, and was off 
like a streak across a low ridge. Following him 
up, we soon found his trail marked with splotches 
of blood. For two hours we followed- this, at last 
coming upon our antelope lying out on a sandy 
stretch. He sprang to his feet on seeing us, and 
once more started off at a good pace. Mounting 
our ponies, we foolishly gave chase. We could 
not overtake the wounded animal. With my 
glasses I had made out a big red patch on his 
side, showing where he had been hit. In 
spite of this wound he led us for a ten-mile run, 
finally eluding us in some broken country, where 
his trail got mixed up with a lot of others equally 
fresh, and the blood having long since ceased to 
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