present themselves; but if
the surface should offer no cover, he must crawl upon his hands and
knees when near the game, and in this way he can generally get within
rifle range.

Should there be several animals together, and his first shot take
effect, the hunter can often get several other shots before they become
frightened. A Delaware Indian and myself once killed five buffaloes out
of a small herd before the remainder were so much disturbed as to move
away; although we were within the short distance of twenty yards, yet
the reports of our rifles did not frighten them in the least, and they
continued grazing during all the time we were loading and firing.

The sense of smelling is exceedingly acute with the buffalo, and they
will take the wind from the hunter at as great a distance as a mile.

When the animal is wounded, and stops, it is better not to go near him
until he lies down, as he will often run a great distance if disturbed;
but if left to himself, will in many cases die in a short time.

The tongues, humps, and marrow-bones are regarded as the choice parts
of the animal. The tongue is taken out by ripping open the skin between
the prongs of the lower jaw-bone and pulling it out through the
orifice. The hump may be taken off by skinning down on each side of the
shoulders and cutting away the meat, after which the hump-ribs can be
unjointed where they unite with the spine. The marrow, when roasted in
the bones, is delicious.

THE DEER.

Of all game quadrupeds indigenous to this continent, the common red
deer is probably more widely dispersed from north to south and from
east to west over our vast possessions than any other. They are found
in all latitudes from Hudson's Bay to Mexico, and they clamber over the
most elevated peaks of the western sierras with the same ease that they
range the eastern forests or the everglades of Florida. In summer they
crop the grass upon the summits of the Rocky Mountains, and in winter,
when the snow falls deep, they descend into sheltered valleys, where
they fall an easy prey to the Indians.

Besides the common red deer of the Eastern States, two other varieties
are found in the Rocky Mountains, viz., the "black-tailed deer," which
takes its name from the fact of its having a small tuft of black hair
upon the end of its tail, and the _long-tailed_ species. The former of
these is considerably larger than the eastern deer, and is much darker,
being of a very deep-yel