CHASE OF THE WILD RED DEER 



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bracing air, and lovely scenery, they may generally 

 enjoy ; and the system of ' tufting ' for deer, and of 

 driving the animal from the coverts before the pack 

 is laid on, gives the pedestrian, and the rider who 

 may not be able to screw his or her courage to the 

 sticking place, so as to follow the hounds when they 

 are away in full cry, the opportunity of seeing- many 

 a noble sight in woodcraft, and many a diverting 

 incident of the chase. Add to this, a judicious pilot 

 may generally conduct a troop of damsels to different 

 * points ' in the run, and with good knowledge of the 

 country may enable them to see the finish in the 

 deep pool of some mountain stream, or in the waves 

 of the salt sea, without subjecting them to danger or 

 undue fatigue. It is seldom, indeed, that our meets 

 are not adorned by the presence of ladies, and occa- 

 sionally a long skirt and black-cock's plume may be 

 seen to the fore when the loud ' whoo-whoop ' is 

 sounded. 



The visitor to the West, who takes an interest in 

 the deer, should not neglect the opportunity of 

 seeing the ' heads ' of stags which are still retained 

 as trophies of the chase in some of the halls and 

 mansions of the former masters of the hounds and 

 the gentry of the country. A short account of the 

 chase in which the deer was killed is often inscribed 



