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Ouxriiio L>ro Oisnixo.— lkdat portion ok tde Naidu living in tde mountains depended mucd more on Kanie tdan click tde lovland people, anck tde/ vers mucd rnors slrilkul Ininters. Oser -were dunted in several va/s. OurinK tds ruttinZ- season in particular, a kavorite metdod vas to stallc tde Kame, vearinK eitdsr a vdole deer-dide vitd dead ancl antlers lskt on, or merely tde dead anck antlers, ^de antlers, in eitdsr case, vers usually scrapsck out dollov to made idem liKdtsr. WearinK tdis disKuise, tire dunter vent to dusd/ places vdere riser vers plenty, anck, d/ prstsndinK to de eatinK, atternpteck to Kst near enouZd to tds deer to sdoot it vitd dov anck ar- rov, deld carskull/ concealeck close against tde drsast. Oser vers also okten run dovn d/ sinKls dunters, dotd in sunnner ancl vinter; in tds latter season, tds dunter davinK to rsl/, ok course, on snovsdoes. It vas on tds larger dunts, in vdicd Kreat nurnders ok rnen participateck, tdat tds cdiek ckevsloprnent ok tdsir duntinK- rnstdocks la/. Oser-drives ok consideradls si^e vere delck at ckikkerent tirnss ok tds /ear. In sorne, tds rnen vould spreack out over a larKS extent ok country, anck drive tds cleer over sorns steep clikk. Nore commonl/, certain rnen vould de posted at dnovn cleer runva/s and trails; and tden, tde deer deinK started up d/ tds deaters, tds concealed dunters vould sdoot tde deer as tde/ tied alonK tdeir accustorned patds. Okten dres vers set to drive deer. Ide rnost important metdod, dovevsr, vas tdat in vdicd drive-kences vers em- plo/ed. It vas almost vdoll/ condned to tde mountain arsa, d'dirt/ or kort/ men vers necessarv to carr/ out sued a drive successkullv. ddm kences vers mads ok reeds or /rape-vines rouZdl/ tvinsd toKetder, strstcded krom tree to tree and detvsen dusdes alonK tds mountain-sides, and arranged to cross as man/ dnocvn deer-trails as possidls. Ids entire lenKtd ok some ok tdess drive-kences vas okten as mucd as a mile or mors. Ide kencs dad usuall/ a numder ok sdarp salients or angles, in eacd ok vdicd vas a pit, in vdicd a man vas concealed. Idess concealed men deinK in place, tde otdsrs spread out over tde ridZe, and, slovl/ advancing, drove tde Kame tovard tds kence. ^ds deer, reacdinK tde