198 RED DEER. 



These sheep-shearing parties soon clear 

 off the work ; sometimes a farmer has six 

 hundred to be shorn, sometimes as many as 

 two thousand. It is one man's work to hand 

 the cider and refreshment round, and there 

 is many a song at night. The sheep wander 

 almost wild among the deer, and are collected 

 from the haunts of the deer for the shearing. 

 They have some habits which resemble those 

 of wild animals ; each party or tribe of sheep, 

 for instance, has its own special feeding- 

 ground, which they choose out of the moor 

 or hillside, and though they wander about 

 they generally return to this place. When 

 shorn the lambs, with their horns made more 

 conspicuous by the removal of the wool, look 

 like goats. Sheep-shearing time is an annoy- 

 ance to the trout-fisher, as the water is fouled by 

 the grease, called the " yok," washed from the 

 wool, which drives the fish away temporarily. 



These bees bring into relief the culture of 



