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make out. Donald, however, says they are mostly 

 stags, and that there are some " shootable beasts " 

 among them " whatever," and after long scrutiny 

 and more dissertations in Gaelic with Archie, which 

 makes me feel rather jealous and " out of it," 

 he shuts up his glass, and with a long expira- 

 tion, something between a sigh and a grunt, which 

 always proceeds from him when his mind is made 

 up, rises and says, ** We will just be getting a bit 

 nearer to them sir." Keeping under the sky-line 

 we make a long semi-circular march along the 

 " tops " till we reach a more favourable post of 

 observation. Here I have no difficulty in making 

 them out, and in verifying Donald's assertion that 

 there are some " shootable beasts " among them. 

 There are, indeed ! and only too many ; some with 

 such grand heads and deep girths that the very 

 sight of them even from that distance through 

 my glass causes my heart to beat quicker. 



A sudden perturbation now possesses Donald, 

 several times monosyllables in the unknown tongue 



