124 THE RED DEER OF EXMOOR. 



Sinbad had sprung at the deer, turned her, and the 

 next couple flying straight at her, rolled her over like 

 a fox. Anthony was off his horse in a mornent 

 and the " Whoo-whoop I " sounded after a hard, 

 exhausting run. 



How long? Who could say ? It was just twenty 

 minutes past ten when we met hounds running on 

 our way to the meet, and it was nearly half past two 

 when we killed, and we had been running most of 

 the time, though it would be impossible to say that 

 hounds had been running this particular hind all the 

 time 



The Master turned up just as we killed, he having 

 enjoyed an exciting run with two couple of hounds 

 by himself, pursuing a hind from Cloutsham over 

 Dunkery to Anniscombe, and back over Dunkery, 

 Nutscale, Luccott Moor, to Hawkcombe Head and 

 back — a better gallop than we had experienced. 

 The fact that he ran twice across what mav be 

 called the hurricane belt, close to where we were 

 running, without our seeing or hearing him, or he us, 

 speaks eloquently as to the state the hill-top was in. 

 It was indeed " a bit rough out over." 



A hind will practise every artful trick known to a 

 stag, with perhaps even more cunning, but their 

 main resource is to "seek change"; hence the 

 persistency with which they stick to the coverts in 

 places where hinds are numerous, such as Haddon 

 and Hawkridge. This necessitates the utmost 

 vigilance on the part both of huntsman and whip, 



