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also remarked that both in season '93 and '94 

 the heads, usually so famed for their size and wild 

 beauty, were decidedly below the average. In the 

 dry season of 1894 the weather was so fine that 

 it made the deer very hard to approach, as they 

 did not frequent their usual haunts ; also in this 

 season it was a noticeable fact that nearly all the 

 misses were caused by gentlemen shooting low, and 

 Lord Breadalbane when in conversation with the 

 forester of an adjoining forest, without first mention- 

 ing the matter, heard from him that he also had never 

 seen so many misses as during that season, all of 

 which he likewise attributed to low shooting, and the 

 fact may perhaps be accounted for by some peculiarity 

 of light caused by the remarkably dry season ; 

 the matter is certainly worthy of the deerstalker's 

 attention, for if gentlemen who are known to be 

 trusty with their rifles miss many fair chances, it 

 may be taken as certain that there is some good 

 reason to account for it. In 1894 Lord Breadalbane 

 had a chance of testing the weight of a stag 



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