50 DEER-DEIVING IN MULL. 



burst from the thicket, and ran past at a sling- 

 gallop. "Noo, sir," from behind me certainly a 

 thoughtless hint, which has coaxed many a young 

 sportsman into a dead miss. Fortunately, in this 

 instance, the shooter was old and callous, so he 

 took his time, and the hart fell dead in the heather. 

 " Look oot, sir, for anither." The second warning 

 fully atoned for the first. It was scarcely given 

 when another hart galloped fair across our path, 

 and he also rolled head over heels on the hillside. 

 My favourite " Henry " rifle was loaded again in a 

 twinkling, but no more deer turned out, neither 

 did any try my sons' ground ; but we heard from 

 a neighbouring shepherd that a third hart had 

 sneaked out at the rejected pass. The two killed 

 were exactly the same weight, 15 stone, and both 

 were shot through the shoulder, galloping, at 70 

 yards' distance. 



The turnip field was quiet enough to-night, and 

 not a roar heard far or near. Suspecting that "the 

 lowest pass " fugitive would return in the night 

 to Scalastal wood in search of his brethren, we 

 arranged another drive for next morning. At this 

 hunt our posts were the same, except that my 



