CHAPTER XII IN THE LOUISIANA CANEBRAKES 360 CHAPTER XIII SMALL COUNTRY NEIGHBORS 391 * * * * * ⁂ Seven of these Chapters have been recently written; the others have been revised and added to since they originally appeared in the publications of the Boone and Crockett Club and in Mr. Caspar Whitney’s “Deer Family.” ILLUSTRATIONS THEODORE ROOSEVELT _Frontispiece_ _Photogravure from a photograph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