58 RED DEER. 



will not leave Horner Water at all. On 

 being roused he goes to the stream and runs 

 down it for miles, out from the woodlands, 

 through the cultivated plain, right to the 

 shore of the Channel, and then to sea, never 

 quitting the water from the first start to his 

 death. 



Where the woods cease and the coombe 

 opens stands Horner Mill, which has a 

 large iron overshot wheel exposed at the 

 side of the building. Deer running down 

 the stream usually break from it as they 

 come to the hatch just above the mill-wheel, 

 and go round the mill, which blocks their 

 course along the brook. Once a hind closely 

 followed was so beset by the hounds that, 

 unable to quit the brook, she leaped from 

 the sluice on to the top of the revolving 

 wheel. The immense iron wheel carried 

 her over and threw her to the ground, 

 disabling her. She was immediately killed 

 to prevent suffering. Marks of the passage 

 of a traction-engine may be seen in the 



