CHAPTER VII.. Dense Coverts.

DENSE COVERTS.

Unsuccessful sport--Bruin and Stepan--Black bread and onions--Forest music--Mosquitoes--Ticks and other insects--Bruin’s fondness for honey--Butterflies--Our larder--Narrow escape of Stepan--Unlucky days--Watching for swine--Otters--A cold vigil--An exasperating march 132