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wliat to do, lie stood there, occasionally stamping his foot 

 on the ground, all the while holding his head as high as 

 he could. Then I would show the tail quietly, and as if T 

 was not scared ; and at last seeing him lick his mouth, [ 

 knew he would come to ascertain what was there. He 

 came on little by little, still stamping his feet on the 

 ground, until he came within range of my rifle, when I 

 shot at his breast, and broke his shoulder. I set my dog 

 on him, but he soon turned to make fight, when I shot him 

 again. I then skinned him, and as I was in the glades 

 without a hat, and it was blowing and snowing as fast as 

 the snow could fall, I started to run across a glade, out of 

 the storm. As I ran through the fern, about half leg 

 high, up sprang a large buck, which, after making two or 

 three jumps, stopped in the middle of the open glade. He 

 had scarcely stopped, before my rifle sent a ball through 

 him, when he jumped forward a few yards, and fell over 

 dead. 



The storm was so severe, that I was obliged to seek 

 shelter in a grove of thick pines ; but after it abated, I 

 started for the camp again, still looking for deer. I was 

 about half way in, when I saw approaching what I took 

 to be another buck. I stood still, but the deer saw me 

 too, though it could not make out what I was. Each 

 stood perfectly still, looking at the other, until I became 

 tired. There was between us a large fallen tree, which 

 hid the body of the deer, so that I could see nothing but 

 the head ; and finding there was no other chance, I raised 

 my gun and fired at the head. After the report, seeing 

 nothing of the deer, I hurried forward, and there lay as 

 fine a doe as I ever killed, with her brains blown out. I 

 commenced skinning her as fast as possible, as it was get- 

 ting late, and I was quite ready to leave for the camp, 

 when I saw on tht entrails so much tallow, that I stopped 

 to save it As I was sitting picking off the tallow, it oc- 



