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had carried him over a slight eminence, that concealed 

 him from my eight for more than a hundred yards. 



" But before he had gone far, he fell in with a few 

 small stags, who were bellowing amongst a lot of hinds. 

 These he charged, and having vanquished them all, 

 once more lay quietly down. I now knew that I had 

 before me one of the largest deer I had ever seen ; and 

 after a little trouble, I was again within shot, and sent 

 a ball through his heart. He never got on his legs 

 again. My astonishment may be conceived, when I 

 examined his head, five and three quarter inches 

 between the eyes; his body was the biggest and 

 heaviest I ever saw in the forest." 



Alister has the skull now in his possession; he 

 prizes it very highly, and has had it fitted up as a 

 drin king-cup. 



