54 RED DEER. 



over miles of heather for another over miles 

 of wood. 



It is a great natural stage erected in the 

 centre of a circular theatre of moor and 

 forest, and the spectator has only to face in 

 different directions to watch the hunt travel 

 round him. While the hunt has to go miles, 

 he has but to stroll a few hundred yards; 

 presently the deer, breaking cover, comes 

 up over the summit of the Ball by one of 

 its scarcely visible paths, and crosses it in 

 front of him within a stone's-throw. If an 

 army had cast up a rocky stand for a Xerxes 

 to view the sport, they could not have done 

 it more effectually. 



1 divide the broad heather slope opposite 

 into sections mentally, so as to be able to 

 search it thoroughly for deer. Merely to 

 glance at so wide an expanse would be use- 

 less ; the only way is to examine it piece 

 by piece from the summit to the valley, as 



