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blinking for half a minute, before he 

 would make me out. 



Finally the hunter got tired of waiting 

 and went in search of other game. 



He crossed the meadow and climbed a 

 stone wall, close by an old apple-tree. 

 At the foot of the tree he stopped and 

 went carefully about it several times, snif- 

 fing critically. Then he went to another 

 tree and still another, going through the 

 same process, but finally came back to 

 the first tree. He seemed to be trying 

 to determine which one he wanted. 



When he had satisfied himself that he 

 was right he began cautiously climbing, 

 going up a foot or two and then stop- 

 ping to snifF and listen. Once there 

 was a little squeak and a flutter. This 

 made him stop and keep very still for 

 several seconds. But finally he hitched 

 a few feet higher toward a large limb. 



