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loped across the face of the corrie, which I mis- 

 took for the wounded one, and called to the 

 watcher to slip the dog. There was a beautiful 

 course, Friday turning the deer whenever he tried 

 the steep, but down-hill the hart had the best of it. 

 Expecting soon to be warned by the bay that our 

 fugitive was " at a standstill," we all followed in 

 pursuit ; but when poor Friday returned chop- 

 fallen and bloodless, our disappointment was ex- 

 treme. " At any rate, one of them is safe/' says 

 the younger sportsman. "I should think so," 

 rejoined the elder, " when I measured his head ! " 

 " Measured his head ! why, he came to me, his leg 

 swinging like a flail, and stood about fifteen paces 

 off. I could almost have knocked him down 

 with the butt of the rifle." " I saw the deer dead 

 enough in the heather; and if the Captain saw 

 anither, there must have been three," put in the 

 watcher. " Well," says the first speaker, " if there 

 is one lying dead, you are sure enough of the 

 wounded one, for he couldn't outrun a man, far 

 less a dog. I only didn't fire because I felt sure 

 I could walk up to him." 



Friday had, however, taken us two long hill 

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