202 SPORTING ADVENTURES 



Deer present but a small mark in the water, as 

 only the head and horns are visible, and the 

 only result of the two barrels which I fired was 

 to turn the animal back towards the shore he 

 had just left. The deer swam so fast it was 

 hard work to keep up to it, and the canoe 

 leaked so badly that it was doubtful if it would 

 float much longer, but there was no time to 

 bale, so I worked hard with my paddle, and just 

 as the deer was striking soundings, I crammed 

 in a couple of cartridges and rolled it over as it 

 was leaving the water. The captain came up 

 soon afterwards and was pleased with the result, 

 as he had lost the trail and was going home. I 

 paid him another visit shortly afterwards, when 

 I was posted down by the sea shore with my 

 coxswain, as the deer sometimes took that way, 

 the captain hunting in the woods as before. 

 The hounds soon started a deer, which led them 

 away from where I was posted ; hours passed, 

 the rain came down in torrents, and we were 

 consoling ourselves for our bad luck with a pipe, 

 when we saw a deer come out of the wood half 



