122 RED DEER. 



VII. 



THE HUNTED STAG. 



Bed deer are hunted in so different a 

 manner to other animals, that the term hunt- 

 ing scarcely conveys an idea of what takes 

 place. It is a chase, not a hunt in the sense 

 that the fox or the hare is hunted ; a chase 

 which has three stages. There is first the 

 5 harbouring,' which is finding the deer ; next 

 the ' tufting,' which is driving him out of 

 the wood with a few selected hounds ; and 

 thirdly, the chase proper, when the pack is 

 laid on. The tufting may occupy only a 

 short time, or it may last an hour or more 

 if the wood is large, and the stag deter- 

 mined not to come out. 



Immediately he has gone away the tufters 

 are whipped off, so that until the pack is 



