PIONEER HUNTERS OF THE KANKAKEE 

 saw. This is the young fawn or deer. When 

 it comes forth it is the most helpless thing in the 

 world and the least animal in the world could 

 kill it. And now comes the most wonderful 

 part of all and is true as holy writ. From the 

 time the fawn is born until it is able to run it has 

 no scent or smell. All kinds of ferocious ani- 

 mals, wolves, wild-cats, dogs, will pass it within 

 a few feet and will not detect it unless they see 

 it. The fawn lies in the most secluded and out 

 of the way places imaginable, and will lie per- 

 fectly still all day without moving, in the same 

 place where its mother left in the morning. The 

 doe stays near and watches it all night but 

 leaves it early in the morning and stays away 

 all day, only returning at nightfall to suckle and 

 nourish it, knowing full well that if found near it 

 in day time her presence might lead to its dis- 

 covery. But what a wonderful provision is 

 providence, sense or instinct that keeps that 

 little helpless animal still, away from its mother 

 all day. You may pass within a few feet of 



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