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case, which came to us after the lapse of about fifteen 

 minutes. It was made by the firing of two shots from the 

 fowhng-piece. "Jim" now quickly remarked, "The boy 

 has now taken a hand in this sport ; the deer is dead, and 

 that report was not made by the rifle." We pulled away 

 for the upper part of the lake, which was reached in due 

 time, and here we found the captain, who had verified the 

 correctness of his prediction. The deer had been com- 

 pelled by the hounds to take to the water again, and was 

 killed by the boy while swimming. ' The same thing had 

 happened here as in the lower portion of the lake. One 

 of the hounds had followed her into the water, while the 

 other remained behind on the shore. The first shot fired 

 by the lad missed her head in the partial darkness of the 

 evening, but the second had killed her. Before we reached 

 the captain and the boy they had towed her ashore, and 

 we found them standing on the dry ground, while the doe 

 was lying at their feet and the hounds were fawning about 

 them. 



We discovered at this time that the animal had been 

 struck by the rifle-ball in the right thigh, making a com- 

 pound fracture of the femur, consequently she had been 

 compelled to make the last run on three legs. The whole 

 number of shots fired at her were probabl)^ about twenty. 

 The chase was one of the most excitinor that I have ever 

 participated in, but it should not be forgotten that in the 

 first encounter all the shots were fired from a long range. 



Daylight having disappeared, we were consequently 

 prompted to return to our camp. The deer was, therefore, 

 placed in one of our canoes, and the hounds invited to 



