Note 75 — Chapter XXXVI · DEER-DRIVING IN THE PINE FORESTS.

The following note, being made from experience and on the spot, may be worth inserting:—In driving large game of any kind, be careful to make a good screen: there is always time to build up a breastwork either of branches, or rocks, or snow, or whatever the material at hand may be. If placed behind a thick bush, cut a deep nick into it with the hunting-knife, so that one stands well back—i.e., right into the bush, and appears to form an integral part thereof. How glad one is of these little precautions when game appears!