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The country was of so peculiarly diversified a formation, that, within the compass of ten miles, every possible variety of scenery existed from the level stretch of prairie to the towering snow-peaks of the mountains; from the brake-encompassed swamp, in which frogs, ducks, geese, plover, and other denizens of the marshes maintained perpetual jubilee, to the dry bush-dotted mounds and undulating lands, where the badger delighted to burrow in the sandy soil, while in other places, the wolf, the fox, and the grisly bear prowled amid the dark recesses of the forest.
Copple's horse, startled by my shot, began to snort and plunge. "Good shot," yelled Copple. "He's our meat." What possessed me I knew not, but I ran ahead of Copple. My eyes searched avidly the bush-dotted ground for my quarry. The rifle felt hot in my tight grip. All inside me was a tumult eager, keen, wild excitement.
And here enter a thousand deceits: direction of light, slope of ground, nature of cover, temperature, mirage, time of day, and the like. An apparent hundred yards over water or across a canon would were, by some dissolving-view- change, bush-dotted plain to be substituted become nearer three hundred in the latter circumstances.
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