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bay. But both dogs are wounded : Tarff not much ; but 

 Derig, you see, is stabbed badly in four places; and I 

 doubt he may not recover." 



" Ah, poor fellow, what terrible wounds he has in his 

 chest and loins ; that in his side is not so bad, for I see 

 the horn has only passed between his skin and his ribs. 

 Well, my brave Derig, you shall go home in the cart, and 

 be carefully looked after. And the great black deer, 

 Jamieson, that Shuloch took into Glen Mark; did you 

 get him ? " 



" Quite easy ; he was shot through the body, and made 

 but a poor bay." 



" Capital! we have made clean work of it, then, at last." 



" Joy, joy to you, Lightfoot ; they say you have killed 

 two first-rate harts ; what a happy mortal you must be ! 

 But do, pray, tell me who that smart foreigner is who so 

 nearly spoiled all our sport." 



" Most readily will I give you his history, partly col- 

 lected from the hill-men, and partly from my own ob- 

 servation; for when his grand affair took place I heard 

 and saw alt" 



" He is a French noble, who has had the merit of 

 bringing himself into notice as a famous shot ; not, as I 

 conceive, from any feats of skill that he has actually per- 

 formed, but simply from his excellent soi disant qualities. 

 He is, as you see, beautifully equipped ; that, indeed, no 

 one can deny ; dressed, too, in the most elaborate style. 

 See how knowingly his rifle is slung in the German fashion. 

 I assure you that, what with his gay good humour and 

 foreign singularity, he has attracted a considerable degree 

 of observation. ( His discourse is sweet and voluble ; ' 



