Our national parks . ?-4itii|||: ^|,i. DEER FEEDING IN THE FOREST AMONG THE ANIMALS OF THE YOSEMITE 191 garden, and, satisfied that I meant them no ill,began to feed, actually eating breakfast withme, like tame, gentle sheep around a shepherd,— rare company, and the most graceful in move-ments and attitudes. I eagerly watched themwhile they fed on ceanothus and wild cherry,daintily culling single leaves here and there fromthe side of the hedge, turning now and then tosnip a few leaves of mint from the midst of thegarden flowers. Grass they did not eat at wonder the contents of the deers
Our national parks . ?-4itii|||: ^|,i. DEER FEEDING IN THE FOREST AMONG THE ANIMALS OF THE YOSEMITE 191 garden, and, satisfied that I meant them no ill,began to feed, actually eating breakfast withme, like tame, gentle sheep around a shepherd,— rare company, and the most graceful in move-ments and attitudes. I eagerly watched themwhile they fed on ceanothus and wild cherry,daintily culling single leaves here and there fromthe side of the hedge, turning now and then tosnip a few leaves of mint from the midst of thegarden flowers. Grass they did not eat at wonder the contents of the deers stomachare eaten by the Indians. While exploring the upper canon of the northfork of the San Joaquin, one evening, the skythreatening rain, I searched for a dry bed, andmade choice of a big juniper that had beenpushed down by a snow avalanche, but was rest-ing stubbornly on its knees high enough to letme He under its broad trunk. Just below myshelter there was another juniper on the verybrink of a precipice, and, examining it, I fo
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