38 RED DEER. 



undulations. The same thing may be seen 

 about the white squares of rifle-targets under 

 the midsummer sun ; though white, square, 

 and therefore by analogy well defined, there 

 is an unsteadiness of surface as if it came 

 a little towards you, and was wavy. The 

 deer are called red, and a few really appear 

 very red against the heather, but the greater 

 number of the stags are of a russet-gold, 

 and the hinds always more or less brown. 

 I do not know how to describe the stag's 

 coat, as lie stood and looked at me, except 

 by some conjuncture of the colours red, or 

 ruddy and gold. Underneath the russet- 

 red of the coat there is a rich golden tint 

 glowing through it. 



Away he went the next minute, up the 

 steep coombe side, and as lie went, followed 

 by his companion, the difference was marked 

 between their pace and that of the hinds. 

 Stags throw their forefeet out much further, 

 and hold their necks high, thrown back; their 

 going is so different, that by it alone they can 



