2 8o HUNTING TRIPS 



into a tangle of coulies and ravines. I 

 deemed it probable that she would not go up 

 hill, but would run down the course of the 

 main valley ; but as it was so uncertain, we 

 thought it would pay us best to look for a 

 new deer. 



Our luck, however, seemed very deserv- 

 edly to have ended. We tramped on, as 

 swiftly as was compatible with quiet, for 

 hour after hour ; beating through the valleys 

 against the wind, and crossing the brushy 

 heads of the ravines, sometimes dose to- 

 gether, and sometimes keeping about a hun- 

 dred yards apant, according to the nature of 

 the ground. When we had searched 

 all through the country round the head 

 of the creek, into which we had come 

 down, we walked over to the next, 

 and went over it with equal care and 

 patience. The morning was now well ad- 

 vanced, and we had to change our method of 

 hunting. It was no longer likely that we 

 should find the deer feeding or in the open, 

 and instead we looked for places where they 



