Journals of expeditions to Mongolia from 1919 to 1930
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of the car with her head under the lamp. we ran on over the plain to pick up another bunch, within two miles we saw three herds, one em- barrassing about 20 animals. The antelopes were loping slowly along and did not begin to really run until we were about 1/2 yards from them, then they started out in a long line and streaked it across the plain like white blown ribbons of yellow silk, we were ambushing at 25 miles per hr, but Coltman gun man proved as the animals came with full speed the car jumped to 35 mi. a then it 40 miles. As usual the animals began a swerving about in a long circle & we jumped rapidly. Soon we were not more than 20 yards away. Mac had been sitting hanging over the edge of the car with his foot on the running board & as the motor stopped he leaped to the ground, dropped both knees off back fire. Coming Coltman with spinning out also and banged away. At Mac's second shot he dropped a fine buck and Charles off a young doe. The herd was six hundred yards away & going