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(Icrriere." We discournu'iMl ihc |iractico of" lliis drastic 

 cure ; wliicli, IiliwcncI' cuiiirurliiig, was an iueuUNT'iiieuL 

 one tor I he cook. 



]>ast, Init lint least. T iiiav iiKMition nn- dear d(\a" 

 "Smoke," a Ndi'weuian elk-liouii<l. wlm I liojicd would 

 |irn\'(> useful 111 the forest. lie is a In ii<l-li n ad, i.e. his 

 metier is to indicate l^y his luaiiner ilir ])reseii((' of deer, 

 aiiil to K'ad his master towards ilicin. If il liad not heen 



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fur an iiiilowai-d mi>lak(,'. wliirh J will |)reseiill\' nairale, 

 he would have justified his pi-eseiice, and as it was, he 

 ani])h' rcjiaid tlir trouMi' of linii'_:'iuLi" him h\' his au'reeahle 

 company. Jle is of a s(»cialil(' disposition and wishes to 

 make fii('iid> with every two-footed or four-footed creatuiv 

 lie meets. This diil not alwa\'s answer, lor ;i Turk regards 

 all dogs as equally accursed, anil the lo(,iI doers veliemeiiilv 

 resent the intrusion of a stranger of their own kind. Jle, 



