338 John Packman. 



but their general rule was to miss. We heard them 

 banging away at the Deer right and left they 

 seemed to have all the fun to themselves ; but when 

 they had taken seven shots, and killed only a young 

 buck, our turn came. Two Deer came in sight of 

 B., he fired and wounded one, and the other came 

 in my direction. I fired at ninety -two yards, and 

 off he went. Soon after, B.'s wounded Deer hove in 

 sight and I rolled him over in fine style. The 

 splendid doe I had fired at, came now within a few 

 hundred yards, and, with a single shot through the 

 lungs, fell dead. We kept our stands and sent the 

 driver back. Soon three Deer came in gunshot of 

 B. He dropped one on the spot, and wounded 

 another; the third, a roaring buck, came towards 

 nie like a hurricane ; I pulled trigger and he made 

 half a dozen somersets, managed to leap the fence, 

 and then gave in his adhesion. The boys took a 

 seven mile chase and captured B.'s wounded Deer. 

 We had six Deer strung up under the old pecan- 

 nut tree, and we felt that we had glory enough for 

 one day. Tell me, can you get up such a pleasant 

 little hunt anywhere in the neighborhood of the 

 Palisades? John, how you would have relished the 

 fun? 



LONG SWAMP, MARION COUNTY, FLA., April 1st, 1860. 



My dear, blessed Wife : Night before last was a 

 very happy evening to me. Col. S. had taken me on 

 an expedition of sight-seeing and of pleasure to 

 Withlacoochee river and to Panasofkee Lake, where 

 we remained two days. We returned Friday at 

 five P. M. It was mail day and I hoped to hear 

 from home ; so off we started through the pine 

 woods and circled around the trees for sixteen 

 miles. At eight o'clock, P. M., in the moonlight, 

 we reached our destination. Sure enough, there 



