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her and early October, and the youno- are ]:i<)rn in April and 

 early ^lay. 



The Indians burn the prairies early in the year, and deer are 

 attracted to the '' bnrns " h\ the N'oung" and tender new |L;"rass. It is 

 by nsing such methods and beini;- expert hunters that they kill 

 L;-reat numbers of these animals : but I am ,L!;"lad to say but \-ery 

 little of the meat is wasted: what they do not sell, they smoke and 

 keep for their own use. 



Note.— Two of the pliotosraplis of deer were not taken in I'lorid.u 'rhe full-page i.hotogravure represents a 

 group ni uild deer on the author's preserves in Massadiusetts. 



