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"kill leg & the other a shoulder. I ran the
first & after a hard chase when I saw the
pony could not catch it, I jumped off &
fired at 375 yards. Killed it & found it was
a five yearling buck with horns about
3" long.
A little later we saw a large herd but
if my pony decided it did not want to run
after any more or I had the devil's own
trick with it, got another young buck
and could hard head several more
but it hurt them for the damned
horse. One can not shoot & fight a horse
at the same time; I learned then
what a wonderful pony for hunting
I have in my peculiar team.
July 3 We broke camp and got away with
the carts at 6:30 a.m. After an hour's
riding we saw antelope and but they
were terribly wild and several hard
chases netted us nothing for they
would not "cross our bows" instead
they ran straight away & it was
useless to follow them.
At last we found a big herd &
tho' they were very wild I shot one.
The last shell gained in my right
and while I was trying to get it
out two antelopes detached them-
selves from the herd & trotted straight
back to find up me about 150 yds.