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within reach of him, which, when he is pressed 

 by hounds, he turns out and instantly hes down 

 in his bed — a sight once witnessed by Russell 

 himself. The substitute then, till the trick is 

 discovered, is compelled to do penance for his 

 noble friend, the monarch of the glen. Thus 

 the changes, which are constantly occurring 

 before the right animal can be driven to face 

 the open and exhibit his beam and branches 

 to the gaze of a crowd, are so frequent and 

 so puzzling that, in the absence of a view, 

 it often requires judgment of the most acute 

 order to discriminate whether the tufters are 

 flinging their tongues so merrily on the right 

 or the wrong game ; on a hind, a brocket, or 

 a warrantable deer. 



Not once, nor twice, but a hundred times 

 and more, has Russell done good service in 

 that way. To him again, beyond all doubt, 

 does Mr. Collyns allude when he describes the 

 tufters at work, and the " hark back," to which 

 so frequently they are compelled to submit. 

 "Shiner," he says, "is close upon them (two 

 hinds and a calf), and the rest of the tufters 

 following him. A little rating and a few cracks 

 of the whip, and their heads are up : they 

 know that thev are not on the * real animal ; ' 

 and as soon as Sam's horn summons them, 

 back they go, and resume their labour. Again 

 they open, and again we are on the alert. The 



