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NOTES OF THE HUNT. 



did SO in this wise : Stationed at Buck Lake and Clear 

 Lake, respectively, the remotest points in the chain of 

 waters. Tinker and Chandler sat listening with atten- 

 tive ears till between ten and eleven, when the deep 

 note of the hounds in the woods west of Buck Lake 

 made the pulses of both beat faster than was their 

 wont. While Albert and his guide were watching the 

 middle of Clear Lake, they were treated to the extraor- 

 dinary sight of a deer at full speed northward, on the 

 sand beach to the east of them, pursued by a pair of 

 hounds which made the shores re-echo with their bay- 

 ing. The frightened animal darted off the sands into 

 the woods, to re-appear (having run from Clear Lake) 

 in Buck Lake, where ii was seen by Tinker, swimming 

 for the western shore. He gave chase, and breathed 

 with paddling as he was, managed to hit the quarry in 

 the chest, and knock it over, as if stunned. Recover- 

 ing, however, and being close to shore, the deer found 

 its way to the woods, where it made covert for a while, 

 but was allowed little rest, for, pursued by the note 

 which is the especial terror of its species, it sped west- 

 ward and plunging into the ample waters of Clear Lake, 

 found a short respite. It had swum nearly across, when 

 Mr. Langmaid, a settler, from whom Albert and his 

 guide were vainly seeking to borrow a fishing-line with 

 which to troll for trout, spied the deer, and away went 

 Frank's canoe, luckily getting between the panting beast 

 and the land. Taking a minute's rest after his unusual 

 exertion with the paddle, Chandler fired, and the shot, 

 finished the race, for the deer fell over, dead, shot be- 

 tween the horns. Examination of the carcase showed 

 that it had been wounded in the body, and the chain of 

 events proved that this was the very deer Tinker had 



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