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thirty yards and the doe about the same distance to 

 the right, Avhere most of the herd had just passed. 

 They walked slowly along, stopping every now and 

 then, and as they approached to a point nearly on a 

 line with us we could examine their antlers carefully, 

 Le Buffe examining the stag on the left, while the 

 writer scrutinized the doe on the right, Both had 

 perfect antlers; in short, they Avere just Avhat we 

 wanted. When this was decided I covered care- 

 fully the stag on my left, fired and killed, then 

 swung my gun round to my right and before the 

 doe could recover from her surprise I had made a 

 double and both of the magnificent deer Avere dead 

 almost at our feet. We broke cover and the rest of 

 the herd galloped off at a rate that AA^ould do credit 

 to a broncho under a cowboy. 



The balance of the day Avas spent in getting our 

 trophies in shape for the carriers, who Avere expected 

 in the morning at an early hour. 



Monday, October 29th. Thermometer 30; windy. 

 As the principal actor in a drama is not the best 

 judge of the play, the Avriter Avill give way to Mr. 

 Kepler's notes of the day : 



" Morning crisp and cold, and made our blood 

 tingle as we broke quarter-inch ice and AV ashed in the 

 little pond just beloAv our temporary camp. While 



