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is an occasional rabbit track. It is about as 

 lonesome a place as ever I saw." 



" It is a lonesome spot," replied Ben, " but 

 those are just the places that the wild crea- 

 tures like. They are not so fond of man's 

 society as you might imagine. 



" But I guess you will see other than rabbit 

 tracks here. Tracks are just what I came 

 here to show you." 



Ben was right, as usual. In a few mo- 

 ments we came upon the greatest jumble of 

 tracks that I have ever seen. They ran in 

 every direction, but most of them kept to 

 well-beaten paths. 



" What in the world is this, Ben? " I cried, 

 all excitement. " It doesn't look like any- 

 thing I have ever seen. Seems as though a 

 lot of sheep had been playing fox and geese." 



" That is a pretty fair guess, Harry," said 

 Ben. " They do look a little like sheep or 

 calf tracks, but that is not what it is. It is a 

 deer yard." 



" A deer yard ! " I exclaimed, looking my 

 astonishment. 



