WAYS OF RED DEER. 



find it impossible to drive the deer away. 

 Blank cartridges will have to be used; per- 

 haps even that will not be effectual. The 

 persistence with which the deer keep in 

 these great woods is inimical to the inte- 

 rests of the hunt. 



When a meet takes place the stag will 

 not break cover, and hours are lost while 

 he runs to and fro in the wood. So many 

 stags herding together make it difficult to 

 single one out for a run, the hounds divide, 

 and the day is half gone before the chase 

 begins. Could the deer be got out of the 

 forest to live more in the heather on the 

 hills it would be an advantage. Damage to 

 the crops is more serious when concentrated 

 in a locality, and, of course, if a large herd 

 of deer remain in a wood they will feed 

 on whatever is nearest. But they are not 

 to be moved without difficulty ; they are 

 most capricious in their likes and dislikes, 



