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height revealed my son's head peering also at the 

 roes. He had noted my change of course, and at 

 once suspecting the cause, had actually seen our 

 game before I did. There now seemed a fair 

 prospect of success, for by placing him above on 

 the outer shoulder of the hill, and creeping on 

 them myself from below, the deer would be very 

 likely to cross within reach of the high gun. 



During the whole time these hunting tactics 

 were going on, the roes, with the exception of 

 turning their heads now and then to look and 

 listen, kept perfectly motionless, and I was first 

 made aware that my comrade had turned their 

 flank by the united eyes and ears of the listeners 

 being raised in the same direction. Instantly 

 aware of their danger, they marched with deli- 

 berate caution round the base of the hillock on 

 the other side of which was the gun, and again were 

 safe from the snare. Sharper-eared than Indians, 

 they had heard stealthy footsteps on the crusted 

 snow, and fairly circumvented them by this 

 masterly double. The snow which had revealed 

 them made amends by being the abettor of their 

 escape, and it seemed as if the white carpet spread 

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