4 8 RED DEER. 



the North Forest, and not see a single deer, 

 and yet be in the midst of them ; and so if 

 is common for fishermen to whip for trout 

 day after day for weeks together along 

 streams which wind through favourite 

 covers without obtaining a glimpse of 

 deer. Wild and shy they are lost in the 

 foliage of their woods, and are only to be 

 found with much labour and in certain par- 

 ticular places. At Cloutsham occasionally 

 they may be observed lying among the 

 heather opposite, those deer that keep to the 

 hill beino; less regular in retiring to the 

 woods than the rest. A stag, too, sometimes 

 conies out from his harbour, and may be 

 viewed under the oaks. 



There are none visible to day on this side 

 of the Ball, so I walk round the mount, pass- 

 ing a very large mountain-ash in flower ; a 

 branch has been broken from it, but it is still 

 a fine tree. The mountain-ash grows freely 

 on the hillsides wherever a tree can take root. 

 A sound which I thought I heard just now 



