. Familiar life in field and forest; the animals, birds, frogs, and salamanders . 235 who was through all hours of the night; he is also frequentlyseen browsing in the grassy glades of the forest dur-ing the afternoon hours, and when I saw the twoanimals near our cottage in the White Mountains,last summer, it was as late as eight oclock in themorning. On another occasion :X & I stirredup a deer shortly after middayquietly feeding in aforest opening on a *$mountain side. Dr,Me^riam, however,says that it is thehabit of Adiron-dack deer to visitthe water atnight and retireto the depths MH iSPS Qu
. Familiar life in field and forest; the animals, birds, frogs, and salamanders . 235 who was through all hours of the night; he is also frequentlyseen browsing in the grassy glades of the forest dur-ing the afternoon hours, and when I saw the twoanimals near our cottage in the White Mountains,last summer, it was as late as eight oclock in themorning. On another occasion :X & I stirredup a deer shortly after middayquietly feeding in aforest opening on a *$mountain side. Dr,Me^riam, however,says that it is thehabit of Adiron-dack deer to visitthe water atnight and retireto the depths MH iSPS Quietly feeding in a forest of the forestat break of day. Unquestionably different individuals are timidto a greater or less degree ; that is perfectly plain intheir conduct. One will not venture abroad in fulldaylight, and another has not only been browsing inthe open during the greater part of the day, but hasjoined company with the cows at four oclock in theafternoon, attracted, perhaps, by the little troughcontaining salt for the cattle lodged close beside the. 236 FAMILIAR LIFE IN FIELD AND FOREST. pasture bars. A glance at a timid deer shows thatall his faculties are on the alert: the head is erect,the broad ears are turned in the direction of danger,the eyes intently peer at a single leaf that wagglesin a passing zephyr, the nostrils are distended and inmotion, ^ and an uneasy fore foot is poisedfor a run. When the animal isat last satisfied that
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