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his greatest pace, unless actually required to do so. 

 He hangs back, as it were maybe to avoid a 

 stroke from the stag, or to look out for the proper 

 place to seize ; some will seize one part, some 

 another. tl Bran's point of attack was always at the 

 shoulder or fore leg, whilst Oscar had a habit of 

 biting at the hind leg, above the hock, frequently 

 cutting through the flesh and tendons in an extra- 

 ordinary manner, and tumbling over the deer very 

 quickly," says St. John in his " Highland Sports." 



Their endurance is great, their scent keen, and 

 Ronaldson Macdonnel, of Glengarry, instances one 

 dog, that, held in a leash, followed the track of 

 a wounded stag, in unfavourable rainy weather, 

 for three successive days, when the game was shot. 

 The story goes, that this stag was wounded within 

 three miles of Invergarry House, and was traced 

 that night to the Glenmoriston. At dusk, in the 

 evening, the stalkers placed a stone on each side of 

 the last fresh print of his hoof, and another over it ; 

 and this they did each night following. On the 

 succeeding morning they removed the upper stone, 

 when the dog recovered the scent, and the deer was 

 that day hunted over a great part of the Glenmoriston 

 ground. On the third day, it was retraced on to 

 Glengarry, and there shot. 



When hunting, the deerhound runs mute, as he 



