H FOLLOWING 
THE DEER 
_ head with an effort and bounded 
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^ V/; I followed slowly, keeping well out 
to one side of his trail and sitting 
^ ' quietly within sight whenever he 
rested in the snow. Wild animals 
soon lose their fear in the presence 
of man if one avoids all excitement, 
even of interest, and is quiet in his 
motions. His fear was gone now, 
but the old wild freedom and the 
intense desire for life — a life which 
he had resigned when I appeared sud- 
denly before him and the pack broke 
out behind — were coming back with 
renewed force. His bounds grew 
firmer, his stops less frequent, till he 
broke at last into a deer path and 
