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head, and, apparently, a good body — -just the 

 sort of beast to set a stalker's heart on fire. At 

 him they went with a will ; and, after a long, 

 hard stalk, got up to him and killed him. They 

 found him to be a very old stag indeed, with a 

 head denoting great age, and a very large, but 

 thin body. M'Aulay never remembered seeing 

 this head before, and such a forester as he was 

 could not have ever seen this head and not 

 remember it. But, at any rate, there he was, 

 and a very curious beast, well worth the trouble 

 he had given. They bled him, they gralloched 

 him, and in his stomach they found the bread 

 and cheese ! ! ! 



Murdoch M'Aulay was a wonderful stalker, 

 and rather a wag about it, as the following 

 story will prove. For some time before shoot- 

 ings and forests became what they are now — 

 so dear that none but very rich gentlemen and 

 cotton lords, et hoc genus omne, can look at 

 them, both Harris and Lewis were much ne- 

 glected, and there was a great deal of quiet 

 poaching of deer going on. There was one — 

 I won't mention his name, for he was a great 

 friend of mine, though now dead, and recollec- 

 tions may be unpleasant, and so we will call 

 him Donald — who was a very good stalker ; 

 and, his farm or holding being near where deer 



