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THE PRONG-HORN ANTELOPE OF THE GREAT 
This beautiful arul spirited animal is found in 
immense hcnls alon^ the base of the Rocky 
Mountains, from MexTcototlic River Saskatclia- 
wan, and eastward to the Missouri River. They 
arc larger than a common sheep, e.vceedingly 
agile, fleet, and of a graccfid carriage. Their 
flesh is valueil, as a change from buffalo beef 
and salt pork, by the traveler and hunter, but 
it is not very good. The hair is coarse and 
brittle, and the i)elt valueless. The horns are 
black, firm, and might be useful if obtauicd iu 
I sufficient numbers. The color above is yellow- 
j ish brown; the belly white, as is also a square 
' patch on the rump; other markings are some- 
' what irregular, but prevailingly, as shown in the 
■ engraving. The herds of these animals are often 
many miles in e.vtent, and, from an elev.ation, 
' appear like the shadow of a moving cloud, as 
they pass over the prairie. They live and thrive 
upon the dry prairie grasses, and, like the buffalo, 
arc more or less migratory—moving with the 
supply of pasturage. The variety of horn “ pat- 
plains .—From, studies, by J. E. nayes. 
erns,” so to speak, among the antelopes, is very 
great. That no two should be alike would be 
expected, but the cause for such great dissimi¬ 
larity in the horns of animals, so much alike in 
nature and habits, it is impossible to know. 
Some are very straight, some curve outward, 
some backward, some inward, some are twist¬ 
ed, others spiral, like a corkscrew ; some have 
prongs, and others curious crooks and bends. 
There is but one other American antelope, and 
that is Imown as the Rocky Mountain Goat. 
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