104 RED DEER. 



The flame passed over him as he lay, and 

 when the wind had driven it along they 

 found him in his burning clothes. They 

 could not put the burning clothes out, and 

 so carried him to the river and dipped him 

 in. He was terribly scorched and half 

 drowned, and was long ill, but ultimately 

 recovered. Though the heather burnt with 

 such ferocity the flame was quick, almost 

 like a flash of gunpowder, and was gone 

 over in a moment ; still it was a very 

 narrow escape from a dreadful death. The 

 thing was done in a frolic, but such frolics 

 are very dangerous. Many acres of heather 

 were burned, and considerable pecuniary 

 damage caused. 



Now, it is the rarest thing to hear of a 

 stag being shot, or of any deer-poaching, 

 though the deer are so numerous and could 

 often be easily killed. They certainly were 

 shot from time to time later than the date 



