. Western field. r to them; and whenthey bite they hang on with the tenacity of abull-dog, poisoning the blood with theirglandular secretions. When teased, the escu-erzo swells itself to such an extent that oneexpects to see it burst. It follows its tor-mentor about with slow awkward leaps, thegreat mouth wide open, emitting incessantlya harsh croaking sound. Natives have been bitten by the one case a gaucho sat down on the grass,and dropping his hand at his side, had itseized, and only freed himself by using hishunting knife to force open the toads washed and bandaged the
. Western field. r to them; and whenthey bite they hang on with the tenacity of abull-dog, poisoning the blood with theirglandular secretions. When teased, the escu-erzo swells itself to such an extent that oneexpects to see it burst. It follows its tor-mentor about with slow awkward leaps, thegreat mouth wide open, emitting incessantlya harsh croaking sound. Natives have been bitten by the one case a gaucho sat down on the grass,and dropping his hand at his side, had itseized, and only freed himself by using hishunting knife to force open the toads washed and bandaged the wound, and nobad result followed; but the consequences maybe different when the animal cannot be shakenoff, for horses have been found dead with thevicious toad, also dead, having its jaws tightlyclosed, hanging on to the skin of the unfor-tunate quadrupeds. It is possible, of course,that Ceratophyrs ornato at times destroysitself in its savage attacks by an inability tolet go at will. THE PACIFIC COAST MAGAZINE. Rlr^ (!!? iiLNMli \X (,K.\NI1ErR ^^^^flHBBHl -^ ?? ? ^^ -?^•?*ilpi .:3I^HBHH^H jgii? - ?!- *;/i(iiBl??- -?->- ^-^ii^^^^^^^^^^^^HIH^^I^I M^HI^IH ^?^^^^^H ^^B^^J. jr^^ff^^HF^ Hj ^ STALKING THE INDIANBLACK BUCK ^ By F. W. Reid. XTELOPE! tlic very name runs;nay. gallops. Swiftest amongthe fleet-footed tribe, the ante-lope from a hunting point ofview is king above all that wearhorns. What if he does rfotcarry such a magnificent tiara asthe antlered stag? With thetrue sportsmen it • is not thetrophy that counts, but the to stalk this alert and wary animal is noslight test of a hunters skill and endurance. Africa is the native land of the greatestnumber of species. Springbok, steinbok, klip-springer, and a score besides of Dutch appella-tives attest this. Time was when the veldtswarmed with antelope, as did some of ourWestern prairies before the days of the maga-zine rifle. Nowadays India perhaps afTords thebest antelope hunting; and in t
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