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corries, quite a garden walk. Full of deer also, 

 its grass being sweet and fine, and there are 

 comfortable little rocky shelters where they 

 can ensconce themselves when colder winds 

 begin to blow. 



Many a happy day have I had on that 

 ground, and many a good stag too, even to 

 three in one day, which event was the orgy of 

 my stalking career. 



There is something very satisfactory in 

 getting a stag early in the day. Firstly, it 

 puts one into good spirits with one's self and 

 induces confidence ; also if one be greedy, it 

 gives hopes of a second. 



I will not say before lunch, for nowadays, 

 whether I get a stag or no, my " piece " 

 usually is forgotten, or not required, till near 

 four o'clock. What does one want with food 

 till then after a good breakfast at half-past 

 eight or nine o'clock, when one is out and up 

 in the finest air in the world ? That is the 

 food for the hill, more wholesome and easily 

 digested than any other. Also so long as one 

 is on the tramp, and liable to have to climb 



