172 HUNTING ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF FORESTS. 



dog if possible to go round to the other side of the 

 swamp, or blow down, and drive the game that may 

 be in it towards him. The deer, or whatever other 

 animals may happen to be lying within, will immediately 

 be alarmed by the noise and by the scent of the beater, 

 and the hunter will have a good chance of getting a 

 shot at them as they break away. 



Also along the outskirts of forests there are usually 

 detached covers or belts of timber, standing out as 

 promontories ; these can be driven in the same way, or 

 hunted by a dog, whilst the hunter takes up a posi- 

 tion commanding the pass into the main forest, and 

 if one of these places contains game, he is thus pretty 

 sure of getting a shot. 



Most animals of the deer tribe, when seen making 

 off through the woods, can be brought to a stand by 

 the hunter giving a shrill whistle or hallooing sharply, 

 and the deer fearing he may be running into danger 

 will generally stop short for an instant, and then if 

 the hunter is quick enough he can generally get a 

 standing shot. Of course he should be careful to so 

 time his shout, that the deer may come to a halt while 

 passing an open space, where an advantageous shot 

 can be taken. 



Special care should be taken to hunt carefully over 

 all places where points of the forest run out into lakes, 

 or into bends of great rivers; by going from one of 

 these places to another, an expert hunter can generally 

 kill deer, if they are moderately numerous in the vicinity. 



Another good place for obtaining game, is where 

 there are saline springs or incrustations of salt, caused 

 by the drying up of brackish water. Such places are 

 to be found in most parts of the world. In North Ame- 



