THE DEER^ 
I have repeatedly passed close by 
without alarming them on wilderness 
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Oisr TyfE Trail 
rivers, and have stopped my canoe ^^^'^^^^^^ 
to watch them feeding after they had 
stared at me awhile to satisfy their 
curiosity. 
The first result of all this is that 
the bucks and bulls live more by 
themselves than ever, and are shy 
about showing themselves in the open 
with the more fearless does. A 
second and more interesting result 
is that where deer go in bands, espe- 
cially in the autumn when hunters are 
abroad in the land, you will sometimes 
find a much-hunted old buck at the 
head of the herd. He is more cun- 
ning, and so the natural leadership of 
