They were soon outstripped by the antelopes, which, on gaining the other extremity of the circle, were driven back and pursued by the fresh hunters.

They turned and flew, rather than ran, in another direction; but there, too, they found new enemies.

In this way they were alternately pursued backward and forward, till at length, notwithstanding the skill of the hunters, they all escaped and the party, after running for two hours, returned without having caught anything, and their horses foaming with sweat.

This chase, the greater part of which was seen from the camp, formed a beautiful scene; but to the hunters it is exceedingly laborious, and so unproductive, even when they are able to worry the animal down and shoot him, that forty or fifty hunters will sometimes be engaged for half a day without obtaining more than two or three antelope.
"Soon after they returned, our two huntsmen came in with no better success.

Captain Lewis therefore made a little paste with the flour, and the addition of some berries formed a very palatable repast.