108 TRAVEL, ADVENTURE, AND SPORT. 



"Well, no, not exactly the first season didn't quite 

 convert me : I was too ignorant to enjoy myself. 

 Half the pleasure nay, more than half consists in 

 finding your deer with, the aid of the glass ; and to 

 use a glass quickly and effectively is not to be learned 

 in a fortnight's practice. That first season it was 

 ahvays the same. Before I had got myself into a 

 comfortable position for " spying " the hill, before I 

 had got my glass adjusted to a proper focus, a low 

 whispering in Gaelic would divert my attention, and 

 glancing over my shoulder, there I would see Donald 

 and Duncan with their glasses pointed perfectly steady 

 on the hillside in front of us. Before I could ask 

 what they saw, I would most probably get the caution, 

 " Don't move, sir, if you please we're in sight of 

 some hinds ; " or, " There is a stag in the corrie, sir, 

 away up near the top." 



Thus, accepting the inferior position, I would 

 eagerly ask, " Where is he, Donald ] what's he like ? 

 is he a good one 1 " 



Even when told where the stag is, a young hand 

 will sometimes have great difficulty in finding him. 

 He may be a mile away, with nothing but his head 

 and neck visible ; or a mist may be on the hill, and 

 the light so bad, that even if you have the glass on 

 him, you may not be able to distinguish him from his 

 sumnmdings. Several times, after a long try, I have 

 fairly given in; then Donald would come to the rescue. 



"D'ye see yon big white scaur, sir, running straight 



