OUR FOUR-FOOTED NEIGHBORS. 



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when we heard a stamp and a short grant close beside us. 

 I had scarce time to turn my head and catch a glimpse of 

 a base little gray hind, who, in crossing the hollow, had 

 stumbled upon us. It was but a moment ; a rapid wheel 



The Stag. 



and rash through the long grass, and I heard the career of 

 a hundred feet going through the hollow. I sprang on 

 my knee, and scare a dozen small stags and hinds which 

 came upon us at full speed ; for those behind, not knowing 



