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lowed the tracks of a moderate-sized deer in the 

 dunes. It is a pleasant and harmless way to 

 hunt deer and good sport. Over sand hills and 

 through hollows they led me. The deer had ajv 

 peared especially to enjoy splashing through 

 pools of water. At last I started a doe from a 

 clump of bushes in a cranberry bog, she threw 

 up her white tail-flag and bounded off. Stop- 

 ping on the side of a dune, a picture of ex- 

 ceeding beauty in a setting of glistening sand, 

 she watched me calmlyand unafraid, for she had 

 lowered her flag. Suddenly her flag went up 

 and away she sped. The white tail-flag is a sure 

 indication of fear. In this case the sound of my 

 approach may have frightened the doe. Later 

 she paused to look at me, and, with her imper- 

 fect sight, did not recognize her arch-enemy 

 man. A passing breeze brought the scent and 

 she at once displayed her warning. If any 

 other deer saw it they would have understood 

 and flashed the same signal. Further observa- 

 tion and thought on this subject had more fully 

 confirmed the views previously expressed that the 

 white flag is a danger signal, and that it al- 



