Bran had the other ear just as I had given him the fatal thrust.

In a few seconds the struggle was over.

Bran's wound was four inches wide and seven inches long.
My brother had a pretty run with the doe with the other half of the pack, and we returned home by eight A.M., having killed two elk.
Daybreak is the proper time to be upon the ground for elk-hunting.

At this hour they have only just retired to the jungle after their night's wandering on the patinas, and the hounds take up a fresh scent, and save the huntsman the trouble of entering the jungle.

At a later hour the elk have retired so far into the jungle that much time is lost in finding them, and they are not so likely to break cover as when they are just on the edge of the forest.