I4O ADVENTURES OF DR. ALLEN. 



standing not far off, looking at us as we moved slowly along. 

 Steward dismounted and fired three shots at him, but the 

 deer never moved. I began to think he was dead in his 

 tracks, but a shot from my rifle brought him down with 

 a bound, and we hastily lashed him to our pack animals. He 

 was a mule-deer ( cervus macrotis) and these are very stu- 

 pid. We reached the ranch at four o'clock one afternoon, 

 and promised ourselves that we would bring in buffaloes 

 next time. 



