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appear so confused with it, that he will often suffer 

 you to come within rifle shot. 



The outlying deer usually browse all day among the 

 thickets, where, amidst the verdure of the summer leaf 

 and herbage, they are very difficult to be seen. They 

 are particularly fond of apples, and the poachers in the 

 cider counties, well aware of this, make frequent use of 

 the apple pummice. 



The three sorts of deer common in Great Britain are the FALLOW, 

 already mentioned (cervus dama le dain); the RED, or Stag 

 (cervus elephas le cerf); and the ROEBUCK (cervus capreolus 

 le chevreuil). 



The two last are now chiefly confined to the high- 

 lands of Scotland. The latter of them, being very small, 

 is generally killed with common large shot. The sports- 

 men place themselves at the leeward end of a long wood, 

 or planting, which the keepers go round for a great 

 distance, in order to draw regularly down the whole 

 range of coverts. By this means the hares and roes 

 are at last driven out before the guns. : 



With regard to red deer, 1 regret to say, that I have 

 never had any opportunity of shooting them, and there- 

 fore I should be a quack to pretend giving instructions 

 on the subject. I do not, however, abuse it because I 

 am ignorant of it ; on the contrary, I should conceive 

 it to be most noble sport. 



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To shoot a diver, when he is fishing up a creek at low 

 water, contrive to get your boat below him ; as although 

 he will perhaps rather dive close by you than suffer 

 himself to be hunted up to a shallow place, yet he will. 



