teen years, and which was now over- 

 grown with bushes and young spruce 

 and balsam trees. This log-road fol- 

 lowed the windings of the brook down 

 the valley to where it emptied into the 

 lake, and where the logs were dumped 

 into the water and floated down to the 

 mill. 



Many years ago, when it was the 

 practice to hunt with dogs, the deer 

 acquired the habit of running to the 

 nearest water, where, by wading or 

 swimming they could throw the dogs 

 off the scent. Thus all deer trails or 

 run-ways lead, sooner or later, to a 

 stream, a pond or lake, where the deer 

 has a chance of evading pursuit of his 

 natural enemy. Now, while the game 

 laws forbid hunting deer with dogs, and 

 while dogs are not allowed to enter for- 

 ests inhabited by deer, yet the inherited 

 instinct of self-preservation of the latter 

 persists, and whenever alarmed by the 



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