Lake Umbabgog
Trip up Cambridge River.
1896
June 12
(No 2)
  About a mile above the Forks we came suddenly on a Deer, a yearling
buck with small knobs indicating the coming horns. It was standing well
out in the open meadow but near a cluster of bushes, looking at us
intently. We stopped paddling & ran the bow of the boat into a little
nook when the Deer advanced at a fast walk coming within less
than 20 yds. [yards] before stopping for another stare. I got out my camera
& snapped four times (spoiling one plate by an accident). Of course
I supposed that each chance would be the last for I was standing
up in the boat with nothing between me & the Deer but a few
dead sticks & the animal looked as it might run at any
moment.  But I might have put up my tripod & focussed[sic]
for a sure picture for after using the last plate I stepped 
ashore & actually walked several yards towards the Deer before
it finally took alarm & loped off into the woods.  It was
very thin & and had much of the long hair of the winter pelage
clinging in tufts or patches to the back & hips. It looked 
nearly as red as a Fox.
[margin]Photographing 
a Deer in 
B. Meadows [/margin]
  On our return we saw a large doe feeding near the same
part of the meadow but she was very shy starting at 200 yards
distance & running at full speed across the meadow - a
beautiful sight. How unlike that of any other animal is
the gait of a Deer [delete]moving[/delete] when thoroughly alarmed. As this
doe sailed across the green level with long, strongly-arched
bounds I could compare her to nothing but a leaping
porpoise. At the highest point of each curve her belly
must have been at least 5 feet above the grass.
[margin]Another 
Deer seen 
in B. Meadows[/margin]
  We saw tracks of deer in many places, one of a very
large buck, but there were not many tracks in any one place
and the impression which I have received this season is
that everywhere about Umbagog Deer are much less
common than they were 10 or 12 years ago.
[margin]Deer signs[/margin]