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grouse, but, to our surprise, a deer was watching 

 our motions on this open moor, distant about half- 

 a-mile. As it was a very small hind, we thought 

 the No. 5, if near enough, might possibly add her 

 to the game list of the day. Leaving my youngest 

 son at the. spot where the deer was likely to enter 

 the wood, and sending my eldest round the knolls, 

 to take post a little way above her, I coupled up 

 our brace of setters, making them and the retriever 

 follow me. The attention of the deer was at once 

 fixed on me and my dogs. She never took her eye 

 from us until, having got fairly in her rear, I 

 began to whistle and draw up. As I hoped, she 

 went away at a walk, looking now and then over 

 her shoulder to see if she was pursued. The 

 marksman above had thus ample time to shift his 

 ground, so as to meet her at the nearest point 

 among the heights. She never detected the ambus- 

 cade until within 40 yards, when she was saluted 

 by a right and left. Starting off at speed, she 

 made straight for the other gun, but the rough 

 ground soon hid her, until we heard a single shot. 

 Glad that it was not a double one, we hurried up 

 to see the sportsman triumphantly seated on his 



