RED DEER. 



rush). A ripple here, a circle yonder, a splash 

 across in the corner, show where trout have 

 risen to flies. The osprey was shot at these 

 ponds, and once now and then the "spoor" 

 of an otter is found on the shore. Leaving 

 the water, the path goes up the steep coombe 

 under oaks, far up to the green pasture at the 

 summit. Across on another slope, against 

 which the declining sun shines brightly, there 

 are two or three white spots quite brilliantly 

 white. One moves presently, and it is seen 

 that they are white wild rabbits. Their 

 brown friends are scarcely visible except when 

 moving. Red deer used to lie in the cover 

 yonder till they were chased, since which 

 none have returned to the spot. Beside the 

 oak wood in the pasture on the summit it 

 is pleasant walking now in the shade after 

 the heat of the day. 



It is along the side of a cover like this 

 that the poachers set their larger rabbit-nets 



