There  was  an  old  Dutchman  in  that  region  who  had  a
good  stand  for  fire-hunting,  and  young  Cleveland  concluded
he  would  scare  him  out  of  it.  Pealing  some  bark  from  a
tree,  he  placed  it  in  the  water  so  as  to  represent  a  counterfeit
deer.  The  next  night,  he  hid  himself  near  by  where  he  could
watch  operations.  In  due  time,  the  Dutch  hunter  made  his
appearance — fired  on  the  supposed  deer,  without  apparently
bringing  him  down  ;  then  repeated  his  shot,  and  still  the
deer  remained  unmoved.  The  Dutchman  now  becoming
alarmed,  exclaimed,  "  Its  de  duy-vil ;"  and  quickly  aband-
oned that  hunting  ground — Cleveland  chuckling  not  a  litde
over  the  success  of  his  stratagem.
