WILD WORK. 395 



With what romantic ardour the late Glengarry fol- 

 lowed up the exciting amusement of deer-stalking, is well 

 known throughout Scotland. He would go forth in his 

 kilt, and remain on the hills for a week together, sleeping 

 in the open air. When the stag was at bay, he would 

 sometimes have a close engagement with him, using his 

 gun-stock, or skene-dhu, and, though often in peril, was 

 ever successful. Stout-hearted and enthusiastic as he was, 

 nothing could obstruct his course : when his dogs once 

 held a stag at bay in an island in Loch Garry, no boat 

 being at hand, he placed a knife in his handkerchief, which 

 he bound round his head, swam lustily through the waters, 

 and completed his victory. This was wild sport, indeed ; 

 but he had an adventurous and a gallant spirit, and was a 

 true son of the mountains. 



