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March 24, 1892
DEER HUNTING IN VIRGINIA, ANI
EXPERIENCE WITH BUCK AGUE.
I wonder how many of my readers have
experienced the tortures of what is commonly
"Buck ague." To those who have, they
my sincere sympathy. Still I think
American boy should at least make the eff
secure one of what is fast becoming the
representative of our large game animals
country, even if not successful. If one
this attempt his quest, his rambles in the
of Nature's fastnesses will reward him
highest degree. To be thrown absolutely
Nature, as it is found in the search for
medicine for any disease either of body or

To find deer in the mountains of Virg
no play, for they frequent the most
parts of the mountains and the densest
usually the laurel thickets, where they
found; therefore, in still-hunting, patien
durance and a keen eye are necessary to s
You must patiently walk, hour after hour,
ing steep rocks, and dropping again int
seem bottomless valleys; sometimes on
and knees forcing your way beneath th
growing laurel bushes, and even after
your may return to camp at night worn o
only reward, perhaps, the sight of a fr
from which a deer had sprung, having
several years ago. One shook then and had no
Power to stop it. I tried standing again and
then sat on the pile of rails until I shook some
of them down. Finally I laid flat on the ground,
but all to no avail.