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tumn and winter, when still-hunting can be advantageously- 

 practised ; while the venison is in better condition during 

 September than in any other month of the year. Further- 

 more, the music of the hounds when running deer eives 

 an additional pleasure to the sportsman. In this section of 

 country, were it possible to prevent the sale of venison in 

 lumber camps, the deer, which are now very abundant, would 

 soon become more numerous than sheep have ever been 

 on the hills of Vermont, even though the pioneer hunters 

 are permitted to kill deer at will, and the true sportsman 

 allowed to continue to hound the eame. 



It has not been my intention to discuss thoroughly the 

 question that I raised ; this would require more time and 

 space than I can give to the consideration of the subject; 

 but I desired rather to direct the reader s attention to it, 

 hoping thereby to arouse thought on this and other kin- 

 dred topics. 



We continued the deer-hunt on October 3, notwith- 

 standine a drizzline rain, which continued to fall during- the 

 most of the day. This day there were two deer killed, 

 although I find that nothing happened of any particular 

 interest or worthy of notice here. The following day 

 Wellington Ross, who had been with us almost constantly 

 since our arrival in the district of Muskoka, took his de- 

 parture for home. He had shared with us the pleasures 

 of the hunt and served us faithfully as a guide. The other 

 members of the party engaged during the forenoon in an 

 unsuccessful deer-hunt. The afternoon was spent by the 

 photographer and George in making negatives about the 

 lake, while the captain went with me in search of ruffed 



