150 RED DEER. 



country, or to closely follow those who do 

 know it. 



The huntsman who has been riding these 

 mountain-like paths for twenty-seven years 

 thinks that the best plan is to keep a horse 

 rattling along, to let him go, and not to 

 check or interfere with him. So long as he 

 is rattled along a horse will seldom stumble ; 

 he has had but one bad fall in all that time, 

 and has never been injured. His mare, it is 

 supposed, crossed her legs going up hill, 

 curiously enough, and threw him with his 

 head against one of the stones. His stout 

 cap saved him. With this exception he has 

 had no accident, an experience which would 

 seem to show that with a horse suited to the 

 ground and accustomed to it, the danger is 

 less than it looks. But the horse should be 

 suitable, and accustomed to the ground if 

 the rider intends to follow closely on the 

 hounds. 



