THE COMMON ANTELOPE. 
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eaten i n sorae of the religious cc'ieinonies of the Brah- 
mins. It is found abundantly over the whole Indian 
Peninsula, and is extremely graceful, and swift. “ It 
is pleasing to see a herd of antelopes, consisting per- 
haps of fifty or sixty does, and led by a fine dark co- 
loured buck, bounding over a plain. The height 
and distance taken at each bound, is wonderful ; they 
often vault at least twelve feet high, and over twenty- 
five or thirty feet of ground. It is folly to slip grey- 
hounds after Antelopes. Instances have been known 
of their being run down, but few dogs have survived 
the exertion.” 
“ The best method of shooting Antelopes, is to 
get a pair of very quiet bullocks, and walk between 
them, under the guidance of a native, who should 
hold a plough. The antelopes, to whom this sight 
is perfectly familiar, will, by this device, await with 
seeming confidence, and enable the sportsman to ap- 
proach sufficiently near to get a good shot.”* 
The young are of a pale fulvous colour, which 
darkens with age to a sepia brown, sometimes to 
deep black, the centre of the flank becoming darker, 
and shewing a streak, as in some of the gazelles. Ihe 
lower parts anti insides of the legs are white, and the 
nose, around the orbits and the throat, is often of the 
same colour. The horns are spirally twisted, and are 
sometimes two feet in length. 
Major Smith’s next group is formed of animals 
having the horns in a great measure bending forward. 
• Williamson's Oriental Field Sports, ii. 226. 
