RED DEER. 



with difficulty. I glanced round ; I could 

 not see any cloud of thunderous character. 

 How far could it have come ? In enclosed 

 countries thunder is not heard more than 

 ten miles, but at this height this seemingly 

 level moor is twelve hundred feet above the 

 sea it may come how far ? 



Across from the Welsh mountains, over 

 the Bristol Channel, up from the Devon- 

 shire tors, whence it is impossible to tell. 

 I think the low boom reached me up the 

 wind, but gazing under my hand for shade 

 from the glare of the sun I cannot see any 

 threatening vapour. There is only space, 

 and sound perhaps may travel almost to 

 infinity in space. The wind is cool, the sun 

 fiery hot, the dry thin grass rustles under 

 foot, and the dead furze stems, bleached by 

 the weather, crack if stepped on. I wonder 

 how far I have walked ; the undulation 

 whence I started has long disappeared be- 



