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in a horizontal position, so that the muz- 
*|es project under the arms of him who carries 
head. Both hunters have a fillet of white 
round the forehead, and the foremost has 
stripe of the same round his wrists. They 
j'hproach the herd by degrees, raising their 
®gs Very slowly, but setting them down some- 
''hat suddenly, after the manner of a deer, 
taking care to lift their right and left 
j ^t at the same time. If any of the herd 
off feeding to gaze at this extraordinary 
^rioinenon, it instantly stops, and the head 
^§ins to play its part by licking its shoulders 
performing other movements. In this 
j^*^y the hunters reach the very centre of the 
without exciting suspicion, and have lei- 
to single out the fattest deer. The hind- 
man then pushes forward his comrade’s 
! the head is dropped ; and both fire 
^^^^y at the same instant. The deer scamper 
Off. 
’ ^nd the hunters after them : in a short 
