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firing. All but my head and arms was concealed by the 
bushes, even from the elevated position where I expected 
they would come in sight, and from an observation on a level 
with myself I was entirely concealed. I thus stood, anx- 
iously listening to the birds, and so was enabled to notice 
| their progress, and thus determine at what moment to expect 
their appearance in the open space. The first that appeared 
was the head and neck of the old cock that led the flock. It 
seemed as if he raised his head for the express purpose of 
looking at me, for the instant his head appeared he stared 
fixedly towards me, and gave the loud quick note of alarm. 
In a second or two he took wing, followed by the rest of the 
flock. I still think he was in a little doubt, else he would 
not have remained an instant after seeing me, and when he 
did fly, instead of going directly away, he passed near 
enough over me to satisfy his doubts. 
The eyes of the turkey are so situated as to embrace 
within the range of vision a very large field. Here we see 
the sight was very quick if not absolutely certain. Although 
they had passed very near us, the sense of smell had given 
them no intimation of our presence. 
While I stood there, my gun still resting against the tree, 
deeply chagrined at what I supposed the last chance for 
game that day, for I was too much fatigued to track farther, 
I heard the brush crack, and in an instant the largest buck 
with the largest horns I ever saw, stopped not more than 
thirty or forty feet from me. While I could distinctly make 
out his form,the bushes were too thick to allow the hope that 
I could reach him with a bullet. My only chance was to 
wait till he should pursue his course, which would bring him 
through a short space where the bushes were lower, and I 
might get a shot on the bound when his body would be 
above them. He stared at me some seconds, as if something 
told him of danger; but at length he seemed to become re- 
assured, and bounded along in his original course as if he 
was in somewhat of a hurry, but not in manifest alarm. As 
