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huntsman are there ; and no one will brook 

 indecision. He has to bring an accurate re- 

 port, and must be positively sure. He must 

 not think ; he must know. 



Some of the covers, as that at Haddon, 

 reach five miles of unbroken woodland, and 

 it may be imagined that these are no easy 

 questions to answer. The task is often 

 rendered more difficult by accidents of 

 weather, and the " harbourer " has further 

 this to contend against, that, as a rule, he 

 does not see the deer at all. If he can see 

 the deer they can generally see him ; their 

 movements then become uncertain, and they 

 cannot be depended upon. Left to them- 

 selves their habits are partly regular, so that 

 the harbourer endeavours to work unseen. 

 His procedure, in fact, exactly resembles the 

 method of an Indian in the forests of America 

 following the trail of buffalo or deer. Feats 

 of this kind described in books of travel 



