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deer are mere needles in a haystack. If such a picture 

 could be comprehended at a glance, the hunter would be 

 but a vulgar butcher, without the excuse of the profes- 

 sional butcher at the shambles. Any representation of it 

 that could be taken at a glance would have no instructive 

 value, though it might be highly pleasing as a work of 

 art. The fact that it is so puzzling is all that makes still- 

 hunting the deer such a great attraction for so many who 

 care nothing for much larger game. And when you have 

 so far mastered it as to get an occasional view, such as 

 Mr. Rungius has given, you will say it is the deepest and 

 most enduring of all the charms the land beyond the pave- 

 ment has to offer. 



T. S. VAN DYKE. 

 NOVEMBER, 1903. 



