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on and stick the animal with his knife, that 

 had fallen in the struggle ; but the cautious 

 gentleman — shall I call him such ? — had no 

 intention of so doing, but kept tickling and 

 infuriating the already suflSciently-enraged 

 beast by sundry pokes and prods behind. 

 M'Aulay, seeing this, interfered — " If jo\i 

 can't do better than that, stop, or I shall be 

 killed ; for I can't hold out much longer ! 

 Put my knife on the bank close by me, with 

 the haft towards my hand, and get out of the 

 way!" "With great difficulty the hero was 

 induced to approach near enough to do as he 

 was told. M'Aulay then, watching his oppor- 

 tunity, let go one hand, seized his knife, and 

 buried it in the stag's heart. I never asked 

 him whether he ever stalked again with his 

 gallant comrade. 



Murdoch is a first-rate boatman — cool, and 

 knowing^ his work well. Look at him runnino^ 

 down steep crags after a wounded stag, and 

 you will almost shudder for his neck ; and if 

 you are in for a scrimmage out of which you 

 cannot get, look over your right shoulder, and 

 be sure you will find M'Aulay close up. 



Lewid and Carneval, the hills just above 

 Aline, were good hills for deer, but they also 

 were under sheep, and of course liable to con- 



