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immediately have raced away straight south, right up 

 the wind, and have soon been out of our cast. When 

 they see their enemy they easily discover his drift, and 

 take pretty good care to defeat it. See how carefully 

 they march, like a retreating army, with their front and 

 rear guard !" 



" Beautiful ! and with such measured steps : so stately 

 winding down that horrid rocky precipice, which 1 should 

 have thought impassable by living beast. What are our 

 firmest resolves? I shall take one of the rifles, if they 

 come near enough, notwithstanding my previous deter- 

 mination; for this day I mean to immortalise myself." 



" I am rejoiced to hear you say so; and now we must 

 crawl farther forward, for the deer are fast sinking below 

 out of our sight : already they are at the bottom of the 

 glen on the banks of the Mark ; and now, Peter, after all 

 this trouble, I fear our chance is gone; for they are 

 all going straight down the glen, and will not cross to 

 us." 



Here Peter pressed the master's arm, and pointed. 



" Did you no see yon parcel of hinds, then, towards 

 the shank of our hill ? they canna choose but join them, 

 and they will come ; but it will be low doon." 



And now the skilful missionary, who had a clear and 

 commanding view of all these things, began to set to 

 work in a more determined manner: he pressed forward 

 rapidly, still out of sight of both parcels of deer ; till at 

 length, when he came sufficiently forward, he dashed down 

 the hill in full view, shouting, hallooing, and hurling 

 stones down the mountain with all his might, going to 

 and fro as the deer shifted, slipping, clambering, and 



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