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mal is brought near the man, who, with 
loud shouts and demonstrations, heads 
off the exhausted animal every little 
while and turns it back on the pursuing 
dog, until finally in one of the retreats it 
falls a temporary prey to its canine 
foe, when the man rushes in and with a 
knife soon dispatches the game. 
Early one morning we could hear wild 
turkeys calling from one cliff to the 
other, but as these were over a thousand 
feet higher and steeper than the leaning- 
tower of Pisa, I suddenly lost all the wild 
turkey zeal I had brought along with me 
for the trip. Then, again, if a com¬ 
mander leaves his pack train just as they 
are getting away, he will surely find a 
delay of an hour or two on his hands, for 
which it would take a dozen turkeys to 
make amends. There is a plentiful sup- 
