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to quit the ground until the enemy actually came 

 in sight. They then knit together, and, led by 

 the buck, threaded their course leisurely down 

 the burnside. The near view of my game was, 

 however, obstructed by a mound, until the leader 

 presented himself within shot. From the first I 

 fully expected a right and left ; but the does, on 

 hearing the noise, ducked back and took the hill 

 again, while the buck, making a magnificent six- 

 feet spring over the paling into the copse, fell 

 dead on the other side. 



About two hours later my son sighted the 

 other buck feeding in a green open patch of an 

 oak coppice flanked by a wall, which enabled him 

 to secure an excellent still chance. His horns 

 were so loose that one of them was knocked off 

 when he fell. 



"With three roes in the larder on the first even- 

 ing of our attack, we did not grudge a couple of 

 frosty days to woodcock, hare, snipe, and such 

 " small deer." On the fourth morning the keeper 

 and pair of retrievers again plied their arduous 

 work in the thickets. The dogs were thrown into 

 the first patch with no great expectation of rous- 



