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one of which I paid ten dollars and for the other six. 

 They were of more practical value than four smaller 

 dogs would have been. When they were once in 

 chase of a deer, they would not lose one in ten. So 

 famous did they become for their prowess, that if 

 any of the neighbors saw them running, they would 

 exclaim, "There are Tome's dogs; the deer cannot 

 be far off." The deer could never baffle them by 

 any of their usual etrategems, and they often ran 

 them down before they reached the water. Those 

 wishing to hunt successfully should always procure 

 at any cost, the largest and best dogs to be found. 



A fawn when very young, can be easily tamed 

 and kept near the house. They soon become attached 

 to their home, and if removed twenty miles will 

 find their way back in a few days, unless forcibly 

 prevented. I have never succeded in making a deer 

 s f and and suffer me to milk her, nor in breaking one 

 to the halter. They can be coaxed to follow, but 

 will not be led. A doe, if at perfect liberty, will 

 remain about half the time near the house where 

 it was brought up, and the other half in the woods, 

 but never forgets to return. When returning home, 

 it always takes a straight course, through fields, 

 streams and forests, unless attacked. They are very 

 quiet and good-natured in a domesticated state, 

 unless they have young, and then they will stamp, 

 kick and drive every other animal from them. The 

 bucks, until they are a year old, are very mild and 

 gentle, but even then they will not learn to do any 

 labor. At two years old they are very untractable, 



