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spreading antlers -without learning a thing 

 or two. 



He will certainly interpret that wild cry to 

 mean ' The Phihstines are upon you, Samson ! ' 

 and before you can reach the top of the ridge 

 in front of you he will be cantering over the 

 opposite one five hundred yards off, perhaps 

 pausing for a second on the sky-line to look 

 back at you, and then that splendid trophy is 

 lost to you and your heirs for ever. 



Now were a falcon to ' come out of the 

 clouds,' and kill that grouse and tear him to 

 pieces before your eyes, the punishment would 

 be inadequate to the crime he has committed. 

 Perhaps it is hours since you found that stag ; 

 you had to make such a round to get the wind. 

 And the great burn was in spate, and you could 

 only cross in one place, and then it w\is up to 

 your middle. 



Now it is beginning to rain and blow as it 

 can rain and blow in the end of September in 

 the mountains. It will be dark long before you 



