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the uninitiated even behold and comprehend what once 

 Science alone could see. 



And for such discovery, and clear display of it, we 

 are indebted to Dr. Louis William Bischofif, at this 

 moment Professor at the University of Munich.* 



Since writing the above, a curious fact has come to 

 my knowledge. On the evening of Oct. 26th, after 

 coming down from the mountains, where we had been 



in pursuit of chamois, said to one of the men, 



" Well, Martin, where have you been all this time ? " 

 " Oh, I was in the wood, trying to shoot a roebuck." 

 " And have you got one ? " " No, I saw two ; but I 

 could not properly get sight of them among the 

 bushes so as to fire." " And did you call them again, 

 as usual ? " " Yes, with the rind of a birch tree. 

 Directly they heard me, on they came leaping along as 

 though bewitched. They sprang towards me at once." 

 And then I learned that in other years equally late in 

 the season, he had lured roebucks in this way ; they 

 coming to the call apparently with the same hot desire 



* In case any of my readers should be desirous of studying the sub- 

 ject with more scientific accuracy than it is possible to do from this 

 sketch, the title of Professor Bischoff's treatise is subjoined : " Ent- 

 wickelungs Geschichte des Kelies." Giessen, 1854. 



