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triever dogs. The retrievers were under perfect 

 command, and never were permitted to persecute 

 the roes needlessly, so the latter soon became ac- 

 customed to them, and, feeling confident of easily 

 eluding their pursuers even in these small coverts, 

 scarcely ever took the trouble to quit them. 



In a larch plantation, close to our doors, a 

 couple of does lived all summer. The largest had 

 twins and the other a single fawn, which they 

 constantly brought within gunshot of the drawing- 

 room window; and when singing was going on, 

 would pause with great curiosity and apparent 

 pleasure. There could be nothing more beautiful 

 in nature than the fairy-like fawns frisking around 

 their graceful mothers, listening to the music in 

 rapt surprise. 



After leaving Glenfalloch at the conclusion of 

 the autumn shooting and fishing, I always re- 

 turned, accompanied by one of my sons, for a 

 fortnight's early and ten days' later winter sport. 

 Roes, of course, occupied a good deal of our atten- 

 tion, but woodcocks and wild-fowl had their full 

 share of the time. We generally arranged to beat 

 one or two of the smaller coverts before beginning 



