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do nothing ; or he may move slowly on, making 

 numerous short pauses. If the weather be cold or 

 very cool he will be almost certain to stop in the sun- 

 shine. If it be hot he is quite as certain to tarry in 

 the shade; generally on the shady side of a bush if on 

 open ground. As he often postpones drinking until 

 after feeding, he may all this time be tending toward 

 water; though, as a rule, when going to water after 

 feeding that is, unless feeding toward water the deer 

 walks fast and stops but little. While thus walking or 

 lounging along the deer is generally not as watchful 

 as when feeding. He will often stand a while with 

 head down like a cow, especially in a rain or snow 

 storm, and often when in the shade on a hot morning. 

 When the sunshine feels good on a cold morning he is 

 more apt to have his head up. But, as I have before 

 remarked, never presume upon a deer's carelessness if 

 you can help it. 



This lounging spell may be continued for an hour 

 or two or three hours, depending, like his feeding, 

 much upon the length of time the deer has been on 

 foot during the night, the temperature of the morn- 

 ing, and amount of still-hunting. 



All this time he is either tending toward the ground 

 where he will lie down, or when he finishes his loung- 

 ing he starts for it. In a previous chapter, under 

 the directions where to look for deer-tracks, I have 

 given the places over which a deer will be most apt to 

 pass during his feeding and lounging time; though 

 there is scarce any place over which he may not pass. 

 In a subsequent chapter I will give the kind of places 

 to which he is most apt to go to lie down. 



The length of time deer will remain in bed during 

 the day is also impossible to determine. Sometimes 



