H FOLLOWING 
THE DEER 
Woods 
^_ jump ; then shoot downward, not 
Do 
SUMMER ^^'"^^^ ^"^^ driven still by the im- 
pulse of his great muscles. When he 
struck, all four feet were close to- 
gether; and almost quicker than the 
eye could follow he was in the air 
again, sweeping along the water's 
edge like a living spring of tempered 
steel, or rising like a bird over the 
next obstacle. 
Just below me was a stream with 
muddy shores on both sides. I looked 
to see if he would stog himself there 
or turn aside ; but he knew the place 
better than I, and that just under the 
soft mud the sand lay firm and sure. 
He struck the muddy place only twice, 
once on either side of the fifteen- 
