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the backwoods of America. If found in one 

 spot to-day, they may be miles distant on 

 the morrow. They roam over hill and 

 moor, through valley and plain, wood, mea- 

 dow, and cultivated field, entering orchards, 

 gardens, and allotments from time to time 

 during the night, exactly as wild animals do 

 about the settlements of colonists. They are 

 never supplied with food even in the severest 

 winters, but find their ' meat ' where they can, 

 like the hares. The hunt is no paper chase 

 — no artificial sport, like that of deer turned 

 out from a cart — the hunt is a real chase of 

 the most arduous character, and for the pur- 

 pose of killing the stag or hind, which is 

 afterwards eaten as venison. The pursuit is 

 attended with great fatigue and consider- 

 able danger, that of the hind, which is 

 followed in winter, especially requiring hardi- 

 hood and endurance. In distant countries 

 wild animals are hunted in order to diminish 

 their numbers and the damage they do to the 

 crops of settlers ; and in the same manner 



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