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On the different sorts of hunting and species of Game

Deer - 1st - By merely shooting them down in day light with the Rifle; this is deer-stalking, and hunters generally get up to the game from 80 to 100 yds others fire when they can discover plainly the eye of the animal. When game is scarce then dogs are employed to scent them. Deer if not badly wounded X

written with pencil over points 1 and 2 I got a ? life Deer have been met with with 36 points in antlers or 18 on each side. Deer & ? they shed their horns - every year a new point come out -

2 - by fire-hunting. this is performed by one person carrying an iron pan basket filled with burning pitch-pine with which they shine the eyes of the deer, & thus are enabled to shoot the deer in the darkest nights - 3. To watch near their trail as they go to water - this is called Driving 4. To hunt them with Stag or Fox or Grey Hounds, the hunt seldom exceeds two hours 5. To shoot them by making a "Salt lick'. For this purpose the hunter fills a small hole

written in left margin will run and dodge about then dogs are whipped then to catch them particularly in the woods (Vide Scrope on deer-stalking Enter in some details of hunting by Pioneers & Indians with arrow only)