144 RED DEER. 



the huntsman and harbourer follow as best 

 they may on horseback, and often find 

 it rude riding, as the boughs are wet with 

 dew. 



A runnable stag always has a younger 

 companion with him, who feeds with him, 

 accompanies him, and lies near him in cover. 

 The two are always together, inseparable ; 

 the younger one is not of age to be called 

 a stag, but is said to be a young male deer, 

 or, in the ancient language of the chase, a 

 brocke or brocket. When the full-grown stag 

 finds that the hounds, or tufters, are really 

 following him up and down, he turns on his 

 friend and companion, and by might of antlers 

 forces the young deer to take his place, and 

 break cover for him. This occurs almost 

 invariably to cast the hounds off from pur- 

 suing him, the stag drives out his friend that 

 he may be hunted in his place. Failing in 

 this, if the tufters return, and are not drawn 



