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THE SPORTSMAN'S PARADISE; 



seen her equal in the field. She was a dark liver-and-white 

 female hound, called by her master " Fan ;" he did not 

 know or even care anything about her pedigree. This 

 grand animal was rather large when compared with the 

 deer-hounds that I have been accustomed to see, and also 

 unusually long and lank ; possessed of pleasant, sunken 

 eyes. She, like her master, was accustomed to work, and 

 certainly was not overfed. Having reached our camp, the 

 deer-hunter set to work and quickly dressed both deer, 

 which were left hanging out of the reach of the dogs. The 

 other guides gathered the wood and prepared the even- 

 ing meal, which we will designate as our dinner, inasmuch 

 as we had not partaken of food since the early morning. 

 Our repast consisted of trout, venison, coffee, etc., and it is 

 scarcely necessary to say that it was thoroughly enjoyed by 

 our whole party. Having completed the meal, and while 

 the Governor, Esculapius, and Dr. Pokorney were smoking 

 their pipes, the question was raised, What shall we do to- 

 morrow ? Another deer-hunt was finally determined on, 

 in which Dr. Pokorney and his faithful dog Fan were to 

 participate. John now excused himself, and hastened 

 away to report the day's proceedings to his inamorata, while 

 the old deer-hunter remained with us until the sun had dis- 

 appeared behind the western hills, when he bade us good- 

 eveninof and started for his cabin. 



The next morning Dr. Pokorney was with us about six 

 o'clock.. John reached our camp about the same hour. He 

 was evidently not in the most agreeable frame of mind : 

 something must have gone wrong since he parted from us 

 last evening. It is now evident that he intends to direct the 



