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much to console me for not being the only deserter. 

 We had not long been dawdling and attempting to 

 kill time, when some pigeons came down to drink ; so 

 drawing my buck-shot and replacing it with No. 6, 

 I came to the conclusion, as I could not have venison, 

 I would try and procure some of them. Nor was I 



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unsuccessful, for soon half a dozen long tails (the wild 

 pigeons of America have long tails) swelled the volu- 

 minous proportions of my pockets. There is an end 

 to all things, and even pigeons got wary of our proxi- 

 mity, and a second period of inaction followed. How- 



