THE DEER^ 
water, by day or night, to drink and 
feed and play. Most of them were 
full of a childish curiosity when they 
discovered me watching them quietly ; 
but these two big bucks, and one 
white deer that roused all the natural 
covetousness of the hunters, would 
steal down at twilight, drink hurriedly, 
and bound back to cover as if a pan- 
ther, instead of a harmless man, were 
watching over the runways. 
One late afternoon I lay among 
some old logs and drift stuff watching 
nine deer, does and fawns and young 
bucks, that were playing a curious 
game on the open shore within thirty 
yards of my hiding. Suddenly the 
bushes parted with a cautious rustle, 
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IPokiNG Back, 
Ojv ThfE Trail 
