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ber and early October, and the young are born in April and 

 early May. 



The Indians burn the prairies early in the year, and deer are 

 attracted to the " burns " by the young and tender new grass. It is 

 by using such methods and being expert hunters that they kill 

 great numbers of these animals ; but I am glad to say but very 

 little of the meat is wasted ; what they do not sell, they smoke and 

 keep for their own use. 



Note.— Two of the photographs of deer were not taken in Florida. The full-page photogravure represents a 

 group of wild deer on the author's preserves in Massachusetts. 



