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Lave sixty dollars when they had secured him unin 

 jured, and assisted me to bring him home. They 

 started out with two good dogs, and had not gone 

 more than three miles before they found him entan- 

 gled by the rope among the trees and bushes. They 

 secured him, built a pen around him, and leaving 

 with him a supply of food, came and informed me 

 of their success. I hired another man and proceeded 

 to the spot. In four days we brought him in — a 

 large and beautiful animal, with antlers five and a 

 half feet long. 



