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makes a feint of being wounded and falls on the 

 ground to draw away the intruder from the nest. 

 During the breeding season the doe and fawns have 

 no scent. The buck, on the other hand, retains the 

 pronounced odour by which its enemy tracks it. In 

 company with its mate and young the sensitive ear 

 of the deer is quick to detect danger, and the buck 

 immediately draws off and crosses the track of the 

 enemy, which scents it and goes in pursuit, whilst the 

 mate hides with its young in the thicket. 



The speckled trout and Dolly Varden are found 

 in Muskoka River, and unlike the grey species they rise 

 to the fly. So far my artificial stock, which consisted 

 of various patterns, had found no occupation. I 

 mounted a ten-foot cane-built rod, and a gut cast 

 which I judged suitable for rapid water. A small 

 silver doctor and a march brown seemed appro- 

 priate to swift currents and circling eddies. The 

 most likely-looking spots were carefully fished, and 

 memories of English chalk streams and Irish spate 

 rivers crowded in as I felt the easy sway of the 

 pliable rod, and watched the flies light with a gentle 

 impact on the stream. It was the first time during 

 my trip that I ventured to apply the scientific method 

 that makes angling such a delightful pastime. The 

 fish gave me time for meditation, and I found myself 

 in imagination battling with a two-pounder on a 

 Hampshire chalk stream and hurrying along as 

 quickly as the encumbrance of waders would permit. 



