176 RED DEER. 



VIII. 



HIND-HUNTING. 



IT is a remarkable fact that hinds run longer 

 than stags. A hind will sometimes run for 

 five hours before the hounds ; how many 

 miles she will cover in that time it is difficult 

 to estimate, but the pace is very rapid, and 

 it cannot be much less than fifty, when the 

 doublings are reckoned. One thing in favour 

 of the hind is the season ; hinds are hunted 

 in cold weather, and stags in warm when 

 too the stags are fat. Still the fact remains 

 that the female is stronger, and will run 

 longer than the male deer. There is no 

 " harbouring " in hind-hunting ; the informa- 

 tion where hinds are to be found is brought 

 to the huntsman by the gamekeepers of the 



