174 DAYS OF DEEE-STALKING. 



then another swift movement below the hill brought him 

 within distance, just as the magnificent fellow had passed 

 the summit, and was descending into the opposite glen. 



Tortoise's breast had been in a tumult, but it was lulled 

 in a moment 



" Che sue virtuti accolse, 

 Tutte in quel punto, ed in guardia al cor le raise." 



He stopped suddenly, like a bolt that had hit the mark ; 

 stood firm clapped his rifle rapidly to his shoulder, and 

 fired just as the hart was disappearing from his view. 



" Habet, he has it he has it, Jamieson ; I heard the 

 smack of the ball true enough." 



" Hurra, he lags behind ! Now, then, let go Tarff : quick 

 quick, Sandy ; lose not a moment ; quick, for your life, 

 man ; we cannot wait till he falls out : come here, Jamieson ; 

 I, and my men must join the general drive, or the deer will 

 break out ; so take you one of the rifles, and finish that fine 

 fellow as he goes to bay in Glen Mark : you will have no 

 time to return, so do not attempt to come back up Sroin-a- 

 cro or Cairn-Marnoch ; you will be more useful in the glen 

 by keeping the deer in 011 that side. You can come in at 

 Auk-mark-moor. Away with you." 



And away went the stout hill-man, bounding over moss 

 and hillock, till in a few minutes he sunk down from the 

 view. 



" Hark ! I hear the baying of the hound : now it dies 

 away : Do you hear it now, Sandy ?" 



" No, I did not ; I heard naething but the corbie." 



" Look with your glass, then, whilst I load." 



" Hey ! what a sight ; I never kent the like o' it afore." 



"Why, what do you see, man?" 



" Why, sure the deer is chasing Tarff all ow'r the moss,, 

 and Tarff is rinnin awa' joost ahead o' him ; I never kent 

 the like. Now the hart stops now Tarff is at him again : 

 ah, take care, Tarff! Now the deer has beaten him aff, and 

 is rinnin after him again." 



" I see it all myself, Sandy, with the glass; and I see, 

 too, that one dog, be he what he may, can never manage 

 that deer ; so let go Derig, for he has heard the bay, and 



