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tions the sportsmen of America; if I have been permitted 

 to add one well-authenticated fact to the fascinating records 

 of this singularly interesting species of the great family of 

 Deer I shall congratulate myself upon the, to me, gratify- 

 ing conclusion that I have not been all my life an enthusi- 

 astic sportsman in vain. 



And now my pleasant task is done; 

 It brings back many a glorious run, 

 Emerging from the lambent haze 

 Which circles round the camp-fire's blaze, 

 Revealing to fond memory's eye 

 The dear departed scenes gone by, 

 When limbs were lithe and arms were strong, 

 And life one gladsome burst of song 

 Revealing, 'mid unfading sheen, 

 The "runway" in the forest green; 

 " The antler'd monarch's " springing bound; 

 The matchless music of the hound, 

 When headlong on the steaming scent, 

 With instinct true as steel, he went! 

 The gaze into the spreading track, 

 The breaking twig, the rifle's crack, 

 The quivering limb, the closing eye 

 The forest's dying majesty! 



