196 RED DEER. 



sparrow - hawk. Buzzards are sometimes 

 shot, and are now worth something to sell 

 to collectors. 



The vast moors of Eed Deer Land ; the 

 great oak covers which would be called 

 forests in any other country, and many of 

 which are not used for game preservation, so 

 that hawks breed as they list ; the ranges 

 of hills, and the inaccessible rocks by the 

 sea, furnish an endless supply of birds of 

 prey. Foxes, too, are numerous ; the dog- 

 fox barks at night in January, and may then 

 be heard in the woods ; the vixen occa- 

 sionally makes an extraordinary noise like 

 the screech of a frightened child. There 

 are many badgers, and their skins are often 

 to be seen in houses on the chairs and 

 sofas. The stone floor of a keeper's house 

 is carpeted with them ; the skin of the head 

 usually has grey stripes or bands. One of 

 these badger's skins on the floor has golden 

 stripes in the place of the grey marks. 



On the distant hills the only break to the 



