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I believe was in 1834. Seven years before that 

 time, he saw the Lord Clanmorris of that period 

 shoot two at Altnabrocky, a hind quarter of which 

 he gave to Daly. The Queen Anne gun and those 

 of 1 798 did an immensity in the way of extirpating 

 deer, still all sorts of devices were employed, such 

 as hunting the deer, when the animal always took 

 some favourite pass near a morass or lake, in which 

 were placed upright stakes made of holly, which 

 were hardened, and retained the fine-pointed top 

 placed on them for some time. Several deer got 

 staked by this means. Another way was for the 

 whole country to turn out with dogs, &c., and drive 

 the mountains. One run was calculated as sixty 

 miles. When started from Corslieve, the deer 

 generally took to the low grounds, making for the 

 tarns and morasses, and finally running to Nephin. 

 Daly saw a hound follow a stag for more than an 

 hour, which it succeeded in overtaking after swim- 

 ming a lake. The stag here with one blow killed 

 the dog, which was considered a famous one. The 

 largest number of deer he (Daly) ever saw together 

 but only once was seventeen ; several times he 

 saw five together. As Daly's family have lived in 

 these glens for generations, he was always on the 

 move from one relation to the other, consequently 

 knew exactly where most deer were to be found. 

 During snow was a great time for following the 

 deer. I think I have now told you all that Daly 

 told me. He had seven stags' heads, which he 

 made a present to Robert Brigham, of Dublin, who 

 was accidentally shot by Mr. Knight, the county 

 surveyor, when looking at pistols." Mr. G. T. 



