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branches, Mr. Eustis took aim at a fine doe. The 

 reports were heard at the same moment, and Mr. 

 Eustis had rolled over his game. Somehow or 

 other, I had only hit mine in the shoulder, and off 

 he went with the rest of the herd into the depths 

 of the forest. "We lost no time in finding our way 

 to Patrick's tavern, and re-embarking for home. The 

 weight of the game was suf&cient to sink the gun- 

 wale of the canoe within a handsbreadth of the 

 water. Next day, Pat arrived with the news that he 

 had found the deer that I had wounded, but he was 

 so eaten by the wolves that he could bring us nothing 

 but the head and a splendid set of horns. 



I will conclude this chapter with an anecdote. 

 The Virginian deer is capable of being tamed, 

 and in support of this I will cite one example out 

 of many. One morning, during my stay in New 

 York, in 1841, I was greatly amazed at seeing a 

 splendid stag marching in the midst of a company 

 of militia. He had a fine silver collar on his neck, 

 his haunches were splendid, his eyes full of gentle- 

 ness, and his gait proud and noble. He marched 

 behind the band at the head of the officers, and 

 neither the cries of children nor the noise of the 

 vehicles, nor even the clangour of the musical instru- 

 ments, seemed to have the slightest effect on the 

 creature. My curiosity was excited to ascertain the 

 history of the animal, and also that of a splendid 

 Newfoundland dog that walked by his side, and this 



