82 DEER-STALKING. CH. XXV. 



deer-stalking, and who would lie down for an 

 hour together if desired to do so, without moving 

 an inch. 



On leaving the house at daybreak, or at least 

 before the sun was risen, I struck off in a straight 

 line through the woods, till, having got through 

 the whole cover, I sat myself down on the top 

 of what was called the Eagle's Craig, and turned, 

 for the first time that morning, to the east to look 

 at the sun, which was now rising in its utmost 

 glory and brightness, — a glorious sight, and one 

 that loses not its interest though seen each 

 returning day, particularly when viewed from the 

 lonely places either of land or sea : below me lay 

 a great extent of pine-wood, concealing the house 

 and the cultivated land around it, with the excep- 

 tion of a glimpse caught here and there of the 

 bright green meadow which formed the banks of 

 the river. The river itself was visible through 

 many openings, and where the outline of the trees 

 was lower than in other places : beyond the river 

 rose a black-looking moorland, which, growing 

 gradually higher and higher, terminated in moun- 

 tains with a most varied and fantastic outline 

 of peaks and precipices, the stony sides of which 

 were lighted up by the rising sun, and exhibited 

 a strong contrast to the deep colour of the hills 



