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meaning any disrespect to you, you have such a mauvaise 

 odeur about you, that the deer fancy you more formidable 

 than you are, and your taint will make them break out of 

 your cast : look not after them, I beseech you ; it is vanity. 

 By the help of a good pair of wings you may possibly fly ; 

 Icarus and the Ulm tailor did so before you ; but those 

 deer shall you never command on that inauspicious day. 



The hill-men who act at a distance from you must use 

 the same precaution with yourself in paying attention to 

 the wind, and shifting their ground in obedience to any 

 change that may take place in the course of the day. 



There are some few cases when deer may be made to 

 go contrary to their usual custom; thus in the forest of 

 Athol, when a herd comes out of Glen Croinie (which is 

 a preserve, and may be called their home), they can 

 readily be got back by good management, even if the 

 wind is unfavourable especially towards the evening 

 when they seek the pastures. 



Deer may likewise be got down wind by sending men 

 to take concealed positions in their front ; the taint in the 

 air will then turn them. 



When there is a long line of deer on foot, in running 

 parallel to them you must be careful not to get too 

 forward, lest the tail ones get your wind ; if, indeed, the 

 deer have been pressed forward for a long distance, and 

 are at all fatigued, it would not be prudent to do so at 

 any rate, as in that case the fattest and heaviest harts 

 always come lumbering behind. 



When you discover deer with the glass at a consider- 

 able distance, you may often approach the desired points 

 without the necessity of being concealed by inequalities of 



