FOLLOWING 
THE DEEIi^ 
wolf or panther, were too careless 
to head a herd composed larg-ely of 
weaker animals ; and the leadership 
fell naturally to the more timid and 
watchful does. Now the natural 
order of things is reversed. The 
mighty bucks, the brave strong fighters 
of old, grow yearly more timid and 
cunning before the new danger of the 
rifle; and the erstwhile timid does 
and fawns grow bolder and bolder 
with the passing seasons that have 
driven wolf and panther far away and 
changed the hearts of men toward all 
the wilderness creatures. 
This change of habit is even more 
marked among the moose than among 
the red deer. The cow moose and the 
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