FOLLOWING 
'^THE DEER 
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1 was stooping to examine the more 
recent signs, when a sharp kaahl 
made me raise my head quickly. \\\ 
the path before me stood a doe all 
a-quiver, her feet still braced from 
the suddenness with which she had 
stopped at sight of an unknown 
object blocking the path ahead. Be- 
hind her two other deer checked 
themselves and stood like statues, 
unable to see, but obeying their 
leader promptly. 
All three were frightened and ex- 
cited, not simply curious, as they 
would have been had they found 
me in their path unexpectedly. The 
widespread nostrils and heaving sides 
showed that they had been running 
