GLENFALLOCH EOES. 



"THE roe, Captain Waverley, may be hunted at 

 all times alike ; for never being in what is called 

 pride of grease, he is also never out of season, 

 though it be a truth that his venison is not equal 

 to that of either the red or fallow deer." Such is 

 the stately Baron of Bradwardine's verdict on roes 

 and their venison. And who would deny the 

 conclusion when arrived at from such premises ? 

 If the roe is " never out of season," and " may be 

 hunted at all times," and is never " in pride of 

 grease," I fully agree with the Baron, that the 

 vile trash which he calls "venison" is only fit for 

 a dog-kennel. But then the " if there's the rub. 

 I dispute his premises in toto, and therefore deny 

 his conclusion. The roe may not be hunted at 



