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been wounded. "Jim" was now seen to be approaching 

 us with the hounds in his canoe. We beckoned to him ta 

 hurry forward with the dogs. He could not hear us and did 

 not understand our signals. "Tom" pointed his canoe to- 

 wards that in which " Jim" was seated and then paddled away 

 with all his might. "Jim" now began to comprehend what 

 was wanted at this moment. He therefore redoubled the 

 speed of his vessel. We were soon enabled by loud shout- 

 ing to make him understand that we had wounded the 

 deer and desired to put the hounds on her trail. He was 

 deeply interested, and promptly entered heartily into the 

 work. The hounds were brought to the spot where the 

 deer left the water. They bounded excitedly from the 

 canoe and entered the forest with rineine voices. I had 

 never, previously, heard so much noise made in the same 

 limited time by two dogs. I remarked to the captain, 

 " Your dogs are not merely giving tongue, but they are 

 fairly yelling ;" and he replied, " They are almost mad- 

 dened by the smell of blood." Their entrance into the 

 forest was followed within a few minutes by a loud crack- 

 ling in the brush, which convinced us that they were al- 

 ready close upon the wounded animal. A few seconds 

 later the poor deer rushed frantically from the woods and 

 leaped into the lake, but she still apparently remembered 

 that on the water there was yet a merciless enemy, since 

 she contented herself by swimming a narrow bay and then 

 again disappeared in the dark woods. 



She had thus cunningly attempted to throw the hounds 

 off her scent, while at the same time she most adroitly 

 avoided a contact with us. Darkness was already gather- 



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