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race-course. Two covered carts were sent, one 

 containing a stag which had been hunted once or 

 twice before ; and the other, a hind. The former 

 was taken to the race-course, where an enormous 

 crowd of people had assembled. They sur- 

 rounded the cart, and my father asked them to 

 make way for the stag to go through, which was 

 done, a clear opening being left to the west. 

 The moment the stag was let out, the brute 

 went due east, through the crowd, and continued 

 in that direction for about a mile. He then 

 turned, bearing rather south-west and west for 

 about five miles. 



This brought it to a farm where old Humble, 

 the kennel huntsman, was standing with the cart 

 containing the hind. Humble, seeing the animal 

 approaching, opened the stable door, and the 

 stag went in. 



He then turned the hind out, without anyone 

 knowing at the time what had happened. She 

 went straight west and got to Bolton Gill and 

 laid down just above the rocks, and someone, I 

 forget who, tried to catch her. She jumped over 



