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possibly can to the deer. Then they are not 

 half so likely to trouble about hares. 



I saw one old bitch, '' Stella," a nailer at 

 a deer, one day in Weaveley Wood come into 

 a rackway nearly in view with a deer. But 

 he turned short back ; she missed him and 

 stood broadside across the rackway, when a 

 hare, frightened out of her life, came slap 

 bang into her ribs. The old bitch just turned 

 her head, and then off she went back into the 

 quarter again, never deigning to give the 

 slightest attention to the hare, and intent only 

 upon the deer. '' Stella " was a wonder, one 

 of my very best. 



Many and many another good run I could 

 relate, and looking back over it all I think I 

 must own to having had my share of deer- 

 hunting. In my salad days I would hunt 

 deer, fox, or hare with anybody. 



But in hunting, as with all else in this 

 world, it should never be forgotten that 

 ''There is a time for everything." There are 

 times when a huntsman should be quick, and 

 others when he should ''give them time." 



