CONTENTS. 



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CHAPTER X., - 135 



Operations resumed. Reconnoitring. Deer dis- 

 covered. The Stalk. Failure. Second Stalk. Stag 

 wounded. The Pursuit. Fresh Deer found. Success- 

 ful Stalk. Second Death. School for Generalship. 

 Return Home. 



CHAPTER XL, - 151 



Fishing Excursion. Mountain Loch. Salt Loch. 

 The Otter. Highland Wedding. Benefits of Clan- 

 ship. Omne solum patria. Highland Dances. 

 Rorie "the Post." Curious Custom. Night Scenes 

 and Meditations. 



CHAPTER XII., - - 169 



Odd Nomenclature. Sport Promiscuous. Antiquities. 

 Nature in Miniature. Mergansers. Excursion to 

 the Hills. Princes of the Air. Anecdotes. Contest 

 with Stag. Death-blow and Remorse. Habits of Deer. 

 Stalking resumed. Unsuccessful Shot. Further 

 Disappointment. Final Shot. Farewell to Scotland. 



CHAPTER XIII., - 194 



Expedition to the Hills. Scanning the Ground. Dead 

 Deer. Search continued. Game found. Awkward 

 Position. "Gone away." The Pass, The Shot. 

 Instinct at Fault. Anecdote of Flamingoes. 



CHAPTER XIV., .... 206 



Hector, our new Guide. Sighting the Deer. The 

 Approach. Stalk interrupted. Fresh Game afoot. 

 Council of War. Driving the Deer. Ambush and 

 Shot. A Clue. Fresh Deer wounded. -r-Double Chase. 

 Disappointment. Pursuit continued. Death. Stag 

 at Bay. Fallen Nobility. 



