HUNTERS WHO HAVE BUCKFEVERED 

 in the party. I have already described two, so 

 you can draw your own conclusions as to the 

 identity of the third, The next morning it was 

 clear and cold, the shallow water around the 

 edges of the swamps was frozen over. We had 

 decided to drive the ridges so one of our party 

 was to take the dog and go up the river on the 

 south side to the flats. Perhaps I ought to ex- 

 plain a little what is meant by the flats. Many 

 French and Spanish words have become incor- 

 porated with the English in America that one 

 hardly knows the name of things and places by 

 their right names. The flats is a high, dry 

 swamp, that part of the swamp that is seldom 

 under water except in extremely high-water 

 times. These flats are covered with heavy tim- 

 ber of swamp-oak. In the Pall and early winter 

 they are a great place for deer to feed by noz- 

 zling in the leaves and snow for acorns. And 

 that was the head of the ridges and almost a 

 sure place for the dog to take up a trail. On 

 account of freezing up, the deer would run the 



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