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trotted, up hill I walked fast, and down liill I ran with 

 speed ; and so I continued to travel from one place to 

 another. The panther was hunting, and had jumped three 

 times at deer, but had missed each time. I followed him 

 quite up to the Yough. Glades, through many crooks and 

 turns ; and late in the afternoon he entered the State road, 

 and followed it a mile or so ; then left it, and commenced 

 hunting again. Still, I pertinaciously pursued on his tracks ; 

 for I was bent on having his scalp, if I had to follow him 

 next day also. 



The chase continued until late in the evening, when 1 

 found a large buck which had been killed within two rods 

 of the public road, where no one suspected a panther 

 would dare come. The buck was covered over with snow 

 and trash, and when I pulled him out he was quite warm. 

 I let his carcass lay, and followed the panther's tracks with 

 increased courage ; for I was certain he could not escape 

 me, I let slip the dog, and in a few minutes I heard him 

 running at full cry toward a large glade. I ran until I 

 had a full view of the glade, in hopes of seeing the dog 

 catch the panther there, where all would have a fair chance 

 to fight ; but at the time when I expected to see him enter 

 the open glade, all being again quiet, I concluded that the 

 dog had lost him. 



I stood listening, to hear when the dog would raise him 

 again, and in a little while he opened behind me. I faced 

 about, and found that the panther had tacked, and ran 

 back to the place where he had killed the buck, as they 

 often do, to dodge their pursuers ; but his stratagem failed 

 him, as the dog, taking no notice of the dead buc\, pushed 

 on after him at great speed. Finding the dog sv'll after 

 him, he then entered the public road, and ran a.'ong it 

 unt.. he came to Mr. Calmes's fence, when he jump^-^d on 

 it, and ran along it until, having gone a suflBcient distance 

 to tack, he turned back on the fence, ran about half way 



