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not only at once impaled, but the more he struggled, the 

 more fearfully he was lacerated. Stone walls of from four 

 to five feet in height connected the several pits, and formed 

 not only a harrier to the farther progress of the deer, but 

 served to divert them in to the pits. Sticks were placed 

 over the mouth of the pit to conceal it from view ; and 

 lichens, &c., of which the deer is fond, strewed over the 

 covering, to lure them to destruction. 



