The neutron capture cross sections and capture ')'-ray spectra of 14°C e and 141 Pr were measured in the neutron energy region of 10 to lOOkeV and at 550keV. Prompt 1' rays from a capture sample were detected with a large anti-Compton NaI(Tl) spectrometer, employing a neutron time-of-flight method with a 1.5-ns pulsed neutron source by the 7 Li(p, n)7Be reaction. A pulse-height weighting technique was applied to observed capture ')'-ray pulse-height spectra to extract capture yields. The capture cross sections were derived with the error of about 5% by using the standard capture cross sections of 197 Au. The present results were compared with evaluated values in JENDL-3.2 and previous measurements. The capture ')'-ray spectra were obtained by unfolding the observed capture ')'-ray pulse-height spectra. An anomalous bump was observed around 1.5 MeV in each ')'-ray spectrum of 14°C e and 141 Pr, and its energy position was consistent with the systematics obtained in our previous work. The multiplicities of the observed capture 1' rays were derived from the ')'-ray spectra.
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