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keep still and not be afraid, at the same time 

 rising up quietly from my hiding-place. 

 Instantly the little comedy changed as the 

 deer whirled in my direction. They had 

 seen men before and knew what it meant. 

 The white flags flew up over the startled 

 backs, and the air fairly bristled with whis- 

 tling h-e-e-e-yeu, he-u's as deer and fawns rose 

 over the nearest windfalls like a flock of 

 frightened partridges and plunged away into 

 the shelter of the friendly woods. 



There are those who claim that the life of 

 an animal is a mere matter of blind instinct 

 and habit. Here on the shore before my 

 eyes was a scene that requires a somewhat 

 different explanation. 



Though deer are the most numerous and 

 the most interesting animals to be hunted 

 without a gun, they are by no means the only 

 game to fill the hunter's heart 

 full and make him glad that his 

 game bag is empty. Moose are 

 to be found on the same waters, 

 and in the summer sea- 

 son, if approached very 



