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which alarms every animal within hearing, 

 and dashes away. 



The sequel to the deer-shooting was a lit- 

 tle sharp practice with a revolver upon a 

 rabbit, or properly a hare, which was so taken 

 with the spectacle of the camp-fire, and the 

 sleeping figures lying about, that it ventured 

 quite up in our midst ; but while testing the 

 quality of some condensed milk that sat un- 

 covered at the foot of a large tree, poor 

 Lepus had his spine injured by a bullet. 



Those who lodge with Nature find early 

 rising quite in order. It is our voluptuous 

 beds, and isolation from the earth and the 

 air, that prevents us from emulating the 

 birds and beasts in this respect. With the 

 citizen in his chamber, it is not morning, 

 but breakfast-time. The camper-out, how- 

 ever, feels morning in the air ; he smells it, 

 sees it, hears it, and springs up with the 

 general awakening. None were tardy at 

 the row of white chips arranged on the 

 trunk of a prostrate tree, when breakfast 

 was hallooed; for we were all anxious to try 

 the venison. Few of us, however, took a 

 second piece. It was black and strong. 



The day was warm and calm, and we 



