HIND-HUNTING. 1 5 1 



gentleman who had followed close and was 

 with him, tied their horses in cover and 

 watched her from the beach. She swam till 

 their straining eyes lost sight of her ; the 

 hounds, wearied and exhausted, returned to 

 the beach. While they still stood trying to 

 catch sight again of the game, a steamer 

 came past, and at this moment the huntsman 

 saw a dark spot on the water which he 

 imagined must be the hind. 



As the steamer approached the dark 

 spot it began to move, and he was then 

 certain it was the deer. He shouted and 

 waved his cap, but the men on the steamer 

 did not see the deer in the water — they 

 were looking at him on the beach and at 

 the hounds. At last, however, they under- 

 stood the shouting and pointing, and saw 

 the hind floating in the sea. Then began 

 the strangest chase — a steamer after a deer. 

 The men on deck shouted and holloa'd, and 

 the whistle was blown. The vessel easily 

 overtook the hind, but when they tried to take 



