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jured had it not been for the dog, a very 

 strong and plucky one, which caught the 

 buck by the hock and threw him. The buck 

 got up and again came straight at his foe, 

 uttering a kind of grunting bleat, and it 

 was not till after quite a scuffle that the 

 man, by the help of the dog, got him down 

 and thrust the knife in his throat. Twice I 

 have known hounds to be killed by bucks 

 which they had brought to bay in the rut- 

 ting season. One of these bucks was a sav- 

 age old fellow with great thick neck and 

 sharp-pointed antlers. He came to bay in 

 a stream, under a bank thickly matted with 

 willows which grew down into the water, 

 guarding his rear and flanks, while there 

 was a small pool in his front across which 

 the hounds had to swim. Backing in among 

 the willows he rushed out at every dog that 

 came near, striking it under water with his 

 forefeet, and then again retreating to his 

 fortress. In this way he kept the whole 

 pack off, and so injured one hound that he 

 had to be killed. Indeed, a full-grown 



