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to range for winged game, but never, unless when 

 hunting the two larger woods on the opposite side 

 of the valley, gave a whole day to roe. Although 

 the river Falloch intervened between the woods 

 on the opposite and those on our side of the 

 valley, the old bucks and yeld does often crossed 

 backwards and forwards, but the younger bucks 

 and those does which had fawns at their feet never 

 left their own copse unless when hunted out. 



On the first summer of my lease, when return- 

 ing from fishing, I came suddenly upon a solitary 

 roebuck with horns of such length and thickness 

 as to excite both my wonder and admiration. The 

 keeper assured me he knew him well, having tried 

 hard the winter before to procure this famous head 

 for my predecessor in the game tenancy. I heart- 

 ily congratulated him on his failure, and myself 

 that my turn was now come. 



Our first winter campaign opened at Martin- 

 mas. We killed nine roes, and procured some 

 very good heads ; but the head, although several 

 times started, always contrived to elude us. As 

 was his habit, the wary old fellow kept much to the 

 steep, widespread patches and scattered clumps 



