DEER-DEIVING IN MULL. 



" Hunts he Bentalla's iiimble deer." 



DEER of the woods, although often large and heavy, 

 are seldom gifted with what foresters call " a good 

 head." The cover of trees is unfavourable to 

 that branching development of the horns which a 

 life on the open hills seems more fitted to foster. 

 As " heath -covered Mull" is entirely grazed by 

 sheep, its deer feed chiefly in the tangled woods 

 and copses, and are loath to show themselves on 

 the bare hill, where they may be chased by a collie 

 dog, or " potted " by its master's " swan post," with' 

 no witnesses to the murder but the " wild flock," 

 the eagle, or the raven. 



I was tenant of two good deer drives in Mull, 

 distant about ten miles from each other, Bentalla, 

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