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mare. " I was always feared, sir, that some one else 

 would get him." 



"Just a wee drop more, Duncan, and we'll be off;" 

 and taking one fond look at the "muckle hart," we 

 went on our way. We walked perhaps for a couple 

 of miles, when something caught my eye in the rocky 

 ground above us. 



" Uncommon like a beast that," I remarked. 



Sinking back in the heather, Duncan pulled me 

 down beside him. As soon as I spoke his quick eye 

 had satisfied him I was right. We lay as still as 

 mice, so far so good. Evidently they had not seen 

 us. 



" Get back to that rock, sir, if you can ; there's a 

 lot of deer above us." 



Back we crept feet foremost, and getting our glasses 

 out, turned them up the hill. " One, two, three, 

 four." We counted nine hinds and a stag, a really 

 good one, too. 



" Why, he's got twice the number of wives the big 

 one had ; that's a queer thing, Duncan." 



"He's a determined -looking customer that, sir," 

 was the reply, "with a fine strong black horn. I 

 shouldn't wonder if he was a real good fighter ; but I 

 wish I was sure we saw all the wives he has got. It's 

 terrible rough ground up there." 



We saw this was going to be a more difficult job 

 than the last, but the morning's work had given us 

 confidence. 



