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month in the wilds. The time is not too long to 

 be tiresome, and many little luxuries can be carried 

 out into the wilderness, to give additional enjoyment 

 to the period of sport. The party should consist of 

 from three to half-a-dozen good fellows who know 

 each other, and whose hearts are in the sport. A 

 couple of servants may be taken to perform all the 

 little odd jobs about the camp, and to take charge 

 of it during their absence. With regard to food, 

 very little will be required but what the forests and 

 prairies afford, and I should fancy there are few who 

 would turn up their noses at venison the praises of 

 which have been sung in all civilised lands, while it 

 is no less appreciated by savages. Men learned in 

 the art of cooking have propounded various theories 

 with regard to the preparation of deer's flesh, but 

 only on one point do they agree, namely, that it 

 must be eaten hot. And they are right. What can 

 be more delicate and tempting to the palate than 

 the tender loin steaks of a fine fat buck snatched hot 

 and hot from the glowing coals, and eaten while the 

 rich juices burn the lips ? Anyone who once tries this 

 method of cooking will be ever afterwards wedded 

 to it. 



Suppose, then, that you have gone out into the 

 forest, as before said, for a week's camp-hunt. 

 Your camp should be upon the bank of some stream, 

 where you are within easy reach of both prairie and 



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