was only over the empty shell of
him, for his spirit had gone to the still brown pool. And indeed the
stream has received many another wild deer besides him, which, I
suspect, is the reason why ferns, that love the water, take the shape
of stags' horns and of harts' tongues. So there he remains; for he had
fought his fight and run his course; and he asks for nothing better
than to hear the river sing to him all the day long.

RICHARD CLAY AND SONS, LIMITED, LONDON AND BUNGAY

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text.

In Chapter III, "got old of a whole hind-leg" was changed to "got hold
of a whole hind-leg".

In Chapter VIII, "presently he stopped swiming" was changed to
"presently he stopped swimming".

In Chapter IX, a missing quotation mark was added before "Well, you
see", and "The man looked a littlle older" was changed to "The man
looked a little older".

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