COLEBROOKE 



the latter years of his life, on Sunday afternoon to go 

 to the covert they most frequented, and from a hill in 

 the centre watch them feeding in the open glades 

 below him. 



At Castle Caldwell, previously mentioned, a romantic, 



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lovely spot on the north-western point of Lower Loch 

 Erne, Brooke found ample opportunity for the pursuit 

 of a great variety of wild-fowl, and secured specimens 

 of every species that was known to visit that part of 

 Ireland. 



Here also his brother and himself were given every 

 facility by their hospitable host for stalking the wild 

 fallow deer that roamed unmolested over a vast extent 

 of rough covert and broken ground, only coming out 

 to feed in the gloaming and stealing home just as the 

 dawn was breaking. This form of sport particularly 

 delighted Brooke, as requiring the greatest knowledge 

 of woodcraft and the highest attributes of a sportsman. 

 One old fallow buck that he had christened " Zageddee," 

 from the peculiar character of his head, defeated him 

 for nearly a month. He records in his diary how late at 

 night and before dawn he watched for him, sometimes 

 catching a glimpse of him, but never able to get a shot, 

 till at last, in the gray light of a September morning, 

 with the dew still heavy on his coat and horns, 

 " Zageddee " was stalked and killed. His journals at 

 this time and for many years afterwards, until he was 

 compelled to live a great part of the year abroad, are 

 filled with most minute notes of the birds and beasts 

 he shot or observed, and most accurate accounts of 

 the growth and appearance of all the deer in the 

 Demesne and Largie. 



Few houses in Britain showed more distinctly their 

 owner's proclivities than Colebrooke : from floor to 

 ceiling, in hall and passages, and many of the rooms, 



