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not think they were likely to be disturbed, or quit 

 their ground for some time. 



Leaving our friend and the keeper to finish the 

 lower waters of the river, my son and I made short 

 work of exchanging rods for rifles, and were soon 

 at the base of the Arnan hill. The watcher's face 

 grew long, for the deer had shifted, and although 

 we were all right as to the wind, yet a slight move- 

 ment among any of the numerous sheep feeding all 

 round might instantly put them on their guard. 



Peter Eobertson, of " the Black Mount," had 

 kindly lent us a very good lurcher for bringing 

 wounded deer to bay, yclept Friday, whose black 

 coat was another source of anxiety. Sending the 

 man forward with a telescope, we squatted down 

 with the lurcher behind a bank, determined to wait 

 patiently till our spy was thoroughly satisfied. In 

 about half-an-hour he returned, his radiant visage, 

 even before he spoke, showing all was right. The 

 harts, he told us, were resting on a height some 

 way off, but by humouring the ground I soon got 

 a capital view of them. They might be approached 

 from below or from above, but I always like the 

 high stalk best, as deer are so much less apt to 



