or lordly castle.

"It is just in such situations that the fallow deer delights to dwell;
and these are the favourite haunts of its near congeners, the
long-tails. I had ascertained this from the people at the post; and the
fact that fresh venison formed our staple and daily food was proof
sufficient that some species of deer was to be found in the
neighbourhood. I was not long, therefore, after my arrival, in putting
myself in train for a hunt.

"Unfortunately, the gentlemen of the company were too busy to go along
with me; so also were the numerous _engages_; and I set out, taking only
my servant, a _bois brule_, or half-breed, who happened, however, to be
a good guide for such an expedition, as well as a first-rate hunter.

"Setting out, we kept down the stream for some distance, walking along
its bank. We saw numerous deer-tracks in the mud, where the animals had
gone to and from the water. These tracks were almost fresh, and many of
them, as my servant averred, must have been made the previous night by
the animals coming to drink--a common habit with them, especially in hot
weather.

"But, strange to say, we walked a mile or more without getting a glimpse
of a single deer, or any other sort of animal. I was becoming
discouraged, when my man proposed that we should leave the stream, and
proceed back among the hills. The deer, he believed, would be found
there.

"This was resolved upon; and we accordingly struck out for the high
ground. We soon climbed up from the river bottom, and threaded our way
amidst the fragrant shrubbery of amelanchiers and wild-roses, cautiously
scrutinising every new vista that opened before us.

"We had not gone far before we caught sight of several deer; we could
also hear them at intervals, behind the copses that surrounded us, the
males uttering a strange whistling sound, similar to that produced by
blowing into the barrel of a gun, while this was occasionally replied to
by the goat-like bleat of the females.

"Strange to say, however, they were all very shy, and notwithstanding
much cautious crouching and creeping among the bushes, we wandered about
for nearly two-thirds of the day without getting a shot at any of them.

"What had made them so wary we could not at the time, tell, but we
afterwards learned that a large party of Flathead Indians had gone over
the ground only a few days before, and had put the deer through a three
days chase, from which they had not yet re