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fold the skin together in such a manner that the flesh 

 sides shall come in contact, then roll tightly together 

 and secure the bundle with twine. The skin is then 

 ready to be packed away, one roll against another, and 

 better on the ground, covering the whole well with 

 green boughs. In forty-eight hours open them up, 

 hang them in the shade, but where they get a free 

 circulation of air, and in fair dry weather the skins 

 will be dry and can safely be packed in bales, and 

 when the taxidermist or tanner relaxes them the hair 

 will be found tight and the pelt in first-class condi- 

 tion. Out of the twenty-one head skins brought out 

 by our party, there was not a square inch of hair 

 slipped. 



Kep, the Kid and Le Buffe spent part of the day 

 at the Lower Lookout, sighting seven deer, but as they 

 were not the kind they were looking for, they were 

 not disturbed. 



Thursday, October 25th. Thermometer 35; clear 

 and windy. The writer having sprained his ankle 

 yesterday, did not get farther than the blind across 

 the marsh. Saw four deer killing a fine stag with 

 fair antlers under the following circumstances : The 

 deer were feeding along slowly with the wind, just 

 right, one path of the trail passing within twenty feet 

 of the blind. The deer were slow in coming up, which 



