INTER-OCEAN HUNTING TALES 



learn to recognize the fact that animals, 

 although keen of sight, are not very discrim- 

 inating. Birds, as well as wild animals, will 

 frequently continue their course when it lies 

 in the direction of a human being, provided 

 there is no perceptible movement to attract 

 their attention. Any kind of motion is im- 

 mediately noticed, particularly if it is at all 

 sudden. Stationary objects are not apt to 

 attract much attention unless there is some- 

 thing very strange in their appearance, espe- 

 cially if the coloring does not harmonize with 

 the general surroundings and happens to be 

 different from what is ordinarily seen. 



Animals use their faculties in a very 

 mechanical way, and this observation is more 

 true of sight than of any other sense. I have 

 seen a pack of dogs which had followed a 

 bobcat's tracks to a tree where they supposed 

 it had taken refuge, baying and standing 

 guard, while it was perfectly evident to any 

 one who was not blind that the cat had es- 

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