Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 500
d away other thoughts.As daylight came, our senses were aroused to catchevery sound indicative of our approaching game. An old hunter sits immovable, and has ears butfor one sound, that is, the crunching tread of thebear. He never pays attention to what occurs inthe trees, knowing that bears who… … A CLOSE STRUGGLE. The cold air caused the branches to snap, but thesesounds did not alarm us old woodmen. Younghuntsmen, at such moments, are very excitable,and get what veterans term the buck fever.They shake at every sound, and look eagerly andanxiously to discover the source of the…
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