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a herd, find divide, some hounds following 

 one deer and others another, so that there 

 is much trouble to get them together after 

 the one chosen, and occasionally two or 

 three cannot be got back, but have to be left 

 to themselves. Wire fences are put round 

 the fir plantations ; hinds and calves slip 

 through between the wires aside as a hound 

 does, but sometimes they are not quick 

 enough, and get haunched while half through ; 

 the nearest hound snaps at their flanks. A 

 hind when started often has a calf running 

 beside her. When she finds that the hounds 

 have really chosen her, she will knock the 

 calf with her head into a bush to save it 

 from them. The calf will lie perfectly still, 

 and the hounds go past after the mother. 

 The hind places her head partly under the 

 calf and lifts the little creature up, throwing 

 it several yards off the line she is following. 

 The huntsman, who is generally close up, has 

 often seen the calf there lying still and 

 motionless, as he rides by. 



