HABITS, HAUNTS, AND ANECDOTES 



another for luck ! He certainly was hard 

 hit, and in that event it was best to let 

 him go, for after a short period of time 

 he would lie down, become stiff, and 

 die. We paddled back to camp, finished 

 breakfast, and in about three hours 

 returned to the place from whence he 

 had entered the woods, and there we 

 found him, cold in death. He was a 

 monster ! A wealth of black, glossy 

 hair, a splendid bell, and massive ant- 

 lers, fit to adorn any mantel. 



Three days later another fine bull 

 fell to my party. Just at sunset he 

 was called out from across a pond, and 

 strolled with that majestic woodland 

 swagger through the shallow water. 

 The first shot so confused him that he 

 turned and came directly towards us, 



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