15° RED DEER. 



they pull her clown at once. Once when the 

 river the hind had entered was in full flood 

 — stave-high is the Exmoor term, meaning 

 level with the banks — he crossed over 

 swimming his horse, and was obliged to 

 dismount and wade in flooded meadows for 

 some distance beside the stream, encouraging 

 and directing the pack. Presently the hounds 

 found her, but, as it happened, on the other 

 side ; he hastened back to his horse, and 

 saw them pull her down as he ran. He 

 swam his horse across again, but when he 

 got to the spot — though it was but a few 

 minutes — the deer was not only eaten, but 

 the bones were picked clean ; so eager are 

 the hounds for the flesh of the deer. 



The hind, like the stag, frequently runs 

 at last to the sea, and swims out from the 

 beach. She swims well and strong, and often 

 beats the hounds in the water, though it is 

 then cold. Upon one occasion a hunted hind 

 took to the sea and swam out so far that she 

 was but just visible. The huntsman and one 



