FALLOW-DEER AT HOME 23 



outline of land is distinctly visible, and nearly 

 due south the double peak of Jura stands out 

 distinct and clear in the distance. 



But what am I doing on the hillside ? for 

 I have not come here simply like Dr. Syntax, 

 " in search of the picturesque." My express rifle 

 is beside me, and I have also a coat, for I know 

 that I shall probably spend the best part of the 

 day on the hillside, and it is not impossible that 

 there may be some showers before long, notwith- 

 standing the almost supernatural brilliancy of 

 sea and sky. However, I am prepared for any 

 fate. I have my lunch, I have my flask, I have 

 my coat, and I have my rifle and stalking-glass ; 

 and long experience has convinced me that I am 

 in just the place to spend a happy day. I know 

 that there are wild fallow-deer either in the large 

 fir plantation below me, the hazel copses and 

 bracken beds which clothe the brae-faces around 

 me, or the natural cover on the face of Benan to 

 the south ; and I am sure that the hounds will 

 find some of them, and hunt them round in my 

 direction before the day is over. Whether I 

 shall see anything more than does and fawns 

 and small bucks not " worth a shot," or whether, 

 if I do see a " muckle beast," he will come within 



spelling contains a liberal allowance of b's and ch's not found in the 

 ordinary guide-books or atlases, which take a line of their own, e.g. 

 Black's Guide spells the above word " Corrivrekin." The Times 

 Atlas reads " Corryvrekan." 



