6^ THE ADVENTVRES 0¥' 



deer pass along under or near them, they 

 spring upon it and kill it. They are particu- 

 la;ly fond of the blood, and commonly tear the 

 throat ol their victim and drink it as it flows- 

 warm from the veins. They also eat the flesh 

 and can carry ofl* a full-grown deer. I was 

 killing deer one day and w^ounded one,, 

 but as I was following it I discovered a large 

 drove of them, and concluded to let the 

 wounded one go and get some of the drove, 

 intending to come back and get it later. I 

 did not get to come back until the next morn- 

 ing, and, taking up the trail where I had left 

 it ofl^ the day before, followed it but a short 

 distance, when I came to where the ground 

 gave unmistakable evidences of a struggle. 

 After an examination I w^as convinced that 

 the the wounded deer had been attacked and 

 carried oflf by some animal or other. Anxious 

 to know more of it I followed the trail, which 

 was not at all hard to trace, as the hair of the 

 deer had been rubbed ofl* on the stones and the 

 fresh stains of blood were easy to see. I had 

 followed the trail about a half a mile when I 



