ANOTHER KIND OF OPEN GROUND. 203 



don't you leave that rock until you see that deer again, 

 even if you have to sit there some time. If he slips out 

 of the ravine unseen which he cannot do if you keep 

 a good watch from that rock you can track him just 

 as well in four hours as you can now, and you 

 would then have much better chances of finding him 

 dead or lying down and so very sick that he would 

 not rise until you got almost upon him. 



As you jump upon the rock there is, however, an- 

 other crash of brush only twenty yards below; the 

 brown again shows itself for a moment; and it sinks 

 at the first crack of your rifle. 



On going down to your deer your satisfaction is 

 somewhat marred by finding that your first ball 

 struck the deer high up in the haunch, some two and 

 a half feet from where you aimed. 



