i8o RED DEER. 



ing flood. The huntsman is always anxious 

 to be on the spot when the hounds run in 

 upon a hind, because, as she has no horns, 

 she cannot resist them a moment, and they 

 pull her down at once. Once when the river 

 the hind had entered was in full flood 

 stave-high is the Exmoor term, meaning level 

 with the banks he crossed over swimming 

 his horse, and was obliged to dismount and 

 wade in flooded meadows for some distance 

 beside the stream, encouraging and directing 

 the pack. Presently the hounds found her, 

 but, as it happened, on the other side ; he 

 hastened back to his horse, and saw them 

 pull her down as he ran. He swam his horse 

 across again, but when he got to the spot 

 though it was but a few minutes the 

 deer was not only eaten, but the bones were 

 picked clean ; so eager are the hounds for the 

 flesh of the deer. 



The hind, like the stag, frequently runs 



