RED DEER. 



valleys, called coombes, at the bottom of 

 which a stream always flows. At some 

 distance apart are ranges of hills rising 

 gradually and with gentle slopes above the 

 general level of the moor. The curves ap- 

 pear so moderate and the ascent so easy 

 that there can be no difficulty in walking or 

 riding over them. Dunkery itself is nothing 

 more than an undulation, scarcely to be 

 separated at some points of view from the 

 common line of the ridge. These hills seem 

 only a mile or two away and within half- 

 an-hour's walk. 



But on going towards them, the table-land 

 suddenly sinks in a deep coombe, when it 

 is apparent that the moor which looked sc 

 level is really the top of a hill. This 

 coombe has to be descended, and ascended, 

 and the sides are high and steep. Presently 

 another coombe intervenes, and after five 

 miles' walking very little progress has been 



