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leeward, and came upon him so carefully that I saw him 
before he did me. He was standing upon his feet looking 
toward the place where he last saw me. This time he was 
handy and dropped in his tracks. Looking over the ground 
the next day more carefully, I found when first fired at he 
had made a few jumps to the eastward, and turned square 
north for this thicket, and laid down, where I found him at 
the second circling. 
Once more dear reader we will go back to the dear old 
blind now so old and weather beaten that it is only safe for 
two of us, and we must step lightly. Go with me this lovely 
autumn day, and as you climb the twenty foot ladder and 
arrive at the last round, you reach up, grasp a branch and 
take a seat upon the flooring. You get your breath and take 
along draught of the upper fragrant air off the trees, and 
looking around you are already interested as I can plainly see. 
Stepping up upon the old flooring, you stand leaning against 
the big birch and look for miles over the pretty forest, varying 
and prettier with every sweep of the eye. Tree tops waving 
gently in the breeze, the beech leaves rustling on the trees, the 
branches swaying to and fro while their shadows are mimic- 
ing upon the ground. Upon the right we see the ridge of 
mostly hard woods, many yet wearing those beautiful shades 
of autumn, while mixed in are just enough tall evergreens to 
brighten up the picture and all grow taller seemingly; and 
are they not elegant, as they reach the top of the ridge and are 
joined by the rosy clouds, no more beautiful than the trees, 
though they vie with sunny Italy. In front of us and to the 
left, we-look. for miles over the evergreens, with only occa- 
sional little hills of hard wood, and these: growing more 
scattering as we look beyond, until they all end far below as 
