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they either seize, or hold him at bay, till the sportsmen arrive, 

 when another shot in some vital quarter puts an end to the scene. 

 The dogs are rewarded by the drinking of his blood. 



The shootmg of the roebuck in the Highlands pf Scotland is 

 considered a most animating sport. This anilmal is considerably 

 smaller than the red deer. Dogs are used of the harrier breed, and 

 these chase the roebuck to certain favourable localities, where the 

 rifle ^un does great execution. The shooting_ of it, and all the 

 sporting incidents and circumstances attending it, a're mut3h of the 

 same complexion as these already mentioned in reference to the 

 red dear. 



