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I SEND FOR THE DOGS. 



head, Francis screaming with delight, but the stag was up 

 again as quick as he fell and dashed through the wood ; I ran 

 as fast as I could to intercept him, and was putting in a fresh 

 cartridge as I ran, when out he came about hundred yards 

 distant ; I fired a hurried shot without stopping him, and 



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THE UNHEEDED WARNING. 



as he appeared to be so strong, and finding a good deal of 

 blood on his tracks, and as he had gone up a dip into another 

 wood, I sent off for the dogs. The wood we tracked him 

 into was a small one, so I posted myself and sent Francis 

 through on the blood track ; to my disappointment the deer 

 had gone on, but instead of entering the large forest beyond, 

 the track skirted it and lead down a very steep hill, the 



