232 PRAIRIE AND FOREST. 



paramour, regardless of the ties that connect them to their 

 legitimate protector. 



A half-bred Frenchman residing on the hanks of the 

 Embaras told me that whenever he wanted a wild turkey, 

 he tied a piece of scarlet cloth around the neck of his 

 domestic male bird and turned him loose, when every un- 

 reclaimed turkey in the neighbourhood was certain to come 

 and attack him, fearlessly affording the easiest shots. 



I have occasionally shot them over setters, but in each 

 instance the victims were not full grown. When hounds 

 are running deer in a neighbourhood this description of 

 game frequents, they appear to lose their habitual caution 

 and expose themselves to the hunter in the most reckless 

 manner. 



