156 RED DEER. 



The stag sometimes runs in among a 

 number of bullocks feeding to throw the 

 hounds off the scent. At ordinary times 

 bullocks do not notice stags who feed by 

 them in the night, but when pursued in the 

 day, directly the stag approaches they set 

 off at a gallop, and by keeping amongst 

 them the stag confuses the hounds. Heated 

 and weary, the stag now makes for a pond 

 or brook, and on reaching it, drinks first, 

 and then "soils" that is, lies down, and 

 rolls and splashes, making the water fly 

 about. Cooled and refreshed, he starts 

 again with renewed vigour, but still the 

 tireless hounds follow, and at last he takes 

 to the river. The water baffles the hounds, 

 who lose scent in it; but here the intelli- 

 gence of man comes to their aid ; he puts 

 them in the way to find it, and the end is 

 now coming fast. 



No more able to run, the hunted stag 



