56 THE STILL-HUNTER. 



they will lie until four or five o'clock, and sometimes 

 rise by three. I here mean rise for the rest of the day. 

 In very hot weather, if a deer has a cool shady place 

 away from flies and mosquitoes he is very apt to stay 

 there during all the heat of the day. And if much 

 hunted and he finds good comfortable and safe cover 

 he is also likely to stay. But in cool, cloudy, or windy 

 weather, especially if little disturbed, he is quite apt to 

 be on foot two or three times during the day, brows- 

 ing a little, lounging a little, shifting position a little, 

 or merely getting up for the sake of lying down again. 

 During the dark of the moon, if little hunted he is 

 apt to feed a little during mid-day. In rainy or 

 snowy or cold blustering weather he is quite apt to be 

 on foot the greater part of the day, standing most of 

 the time in some brush-patch, windfall, or sheltered 

 ravine or little gulch, with head down like an old cow. 



In the afternoon, if the deer rise early he is quite 

 apt to lounge about a while as he did in the morning. 

 If he rise late he is quite apt to go directly toward his 

 feeding-ground, though he will doubtless browse some 

 on the way. He will then feed and lounge about in 

 much the same way he did in the morning until dark. 

 In hot weather, if he is little disturbed he is quite as 

 apt to go to water between sundown and dark as he 

 is to go there in the morning. 



For a long while after dark the deer is still on foot. 

 If the moon be full he may be on foot most of the 

 night. If he has any mischief to do he can find his 

 way to it without any moon. Sometimes he will 

 lie down and sleep a large part of the night in one 

 bed. Sometimes the same deer will make three or 

 four different beds in one night. When very much 

 persecuted he will do nearly all his feeding, watering, 



