390 AMIABLE CONSOLATION. 



is a small lonely lake at its foot ; the hills around are 

 covered with birch and oak trees for miles, and deer are 

 found on all of them. Two rivers meet at the base of the 

 hills, and the herds are thus in a manner confined, so that 

 their haunts and ways are perfectly known. Occasionally, 

 though the passes be well watched, not a shot will be 

 fired ; and, at other times, much powder and ball is ex- 

 pended in vain. Yet there is always some consolation 

 the deer were seen had a slight change of position been 

 made, a shot would have been got and so forth. 



Fallow deer are in a wild state in the vicinity of the 

 mansion, and they are sometimes seen in the more distant 

 woods. A good many years ago part of the fence of Lord 

 Seaforth's deer park gave way, and all his Lordship's deer 

 escaped to the woods. They are not, however, dispersed 

 to any great distance. 



