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through all hours of the night ; he is also frequently 

 seen browsing in the grassy glades of the forest dur- 

 ing the afternoon hours, and when I saw the two 

 animals near our cottage in the White Mountains, 

 last summer, it was as late as eight o'clock in the 

 morning. On another occasion 4 ,> I stirred 

 up a deer shortly after midday '•■^HSi^^^ wJio was 

 quietly feeding ii 

 forest opening on 

 mountain side. Dr. 

 Merriam, however, 

 says that it is the 

 habit of Adiron- 

 dack deer to visit 

 the water at 

 night and retire 

 to the depths 

 of the forest 

 at break of 



day. Unquestionably different individuals are timid 

 to a greater or less degree ; that is perfectly plain in 

 their conduct. One will not venture abroad in full 

 daylight, and another has not only been browsing in 

 the open during the greater part of the day, but has 

 joined company with the cows at four o'clock in the 

 afternoon, attracted, perhaps, by the little trough 

 containing salt for the cattle lodged close beside the 



" Quietly feeding in a forest opening/ 



