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long tramp of the previous day and found a new home 

 at Berryville. It had already been settled that George 

 Ross should procure a horse and saddle and return for the 

 purpose of bringing up the straggler. Therefore, after 

 considerable consideration of this subject, I rather reluc- 

 tantly consented to become one of the hunting-party. A 

 buck-board wagon was procured for the use of a circuit 

 judge — who was one of the party — and myself, and we 

 were duly driven to a run-way which it had been decided 

 that we were to watch. 



The occurrences of the morning were very similar to 

 those which have been already so frequently described. 

 The music made by the hounds was very exciting, and the 

 deer was killed by the captain. We returned to the village 

 after the single race and spent the balance of the day in 

 the hotel. 



Thus ended the grandest hunt in which it has ever been 

 my good fortune to participate. It is true that we endured 

 many hardships, but we were more than amply compensated 

 for all these by the pleasures of the chase. We returned to 

 our professional duties reinvigorated and better prepared 

 for the discharge of those efforts demanded of us, both 

 mental and physical. 



The question may be raised by the reader if it were 

 not possible to have avoided many of the severe tramps 

 and likewise some of the exposure. This inquiry must be 

 answered in the affirmative, since it must be self-evident 

 to every reader that the amount of tramping done in any 

 particular case will depend largely on the inclination of 

 the sportsman. In deer-hunting it is quite possible to 



