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Updated: October 10, 2026
Evander went on with his catalogue of self-compliment. "And as for my woodcraft, I can name you all the names of a male deer, from hind calf, year by year, through brocket and spayed, and staggard and stag, till his sixth year, when he is truly a hart and has his rights of brow, bay, and tray antlers.
A thunderstorm was going on, and, with that pleasant European air of indirect self-compliment in condescending to American merit, which is so conciliating, he said to a countryman lounging near, "Pretty heavy thunder, you have here." Even persons not otherwise interested in the study of provincialisms will find Mr. Bartlett's book an entertaining one.