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the negroes caught the fawn as it attempted to run by, 

 and with a blow of his knife across the back of its neck 

 felled it to the ground, before a voice could be raised to 

 stop him. Then a doe was pulled down by the houndfl, 

 and a dozen dogs piled up over it, very brave when its 

 resistance was overcome. 



" There go two deer to the water ; see the boats pull 

 after them the Doctor, and Lou, and Scipio in his 

 canoe." 



"Whoop! see the turkeys I'll have a gobbler!" I 

 said, firing at their leader, who spread out his wings and 

 settled down into the grass, while the hens scattered in 

 every direction, some taking wing and flying off to the 

 main land. 



"Thar'sabear!" 



" Where ? 



" In those thorn bushes." 



" I don't see him." 



At this moment, Scipio, who had been paddling after 

 the deer, turned his canoe landward, shouting' " A bear ! 

 A bear !" and the dogs, that had been scattered about in 

 the underbrush, made a fresh clamor, and rushed into 

 the thorn trees, from whence they came howling back, 

 some of them with blood running from their shoulders. 



" Who saw it ?" 



" I saw it," said the Doctor, hurrying in from his 

 canoe at the first intimation of a bear, as "did both of the 

 other boats, letting the deer escape ; " I know it was a 

 bear." 



