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chase and kill a deer, and when a stag, or even hind, 

 was not to be had, the deerhound was trained to 

 hunt and kill foxes and otters, and other small game 

 or vermin. After the rebellion of 1745, a good deal 

 of uneasiness and unpleasantness remained, and the 

 animosity caused thereby was a long time in being 

 allayed. In many instances the Highland residences 

 were neglected, their owners going to reside on the 

 Continent or elsewhere. Their hounds were, there- 

 fore, spread abroad in out-of-the-way places, and 

 thus perhaps came the impression conveyed by 

 Pennant of their scarcity. Mr. George Cupples 

 ("Scotch Deerhounds and their Masters") tells us 

 the lowlier families used these hounds in competing 

 against each other, and matches between certain 

 celebrated hounds in adjoining districts were fre- 

 quent. No doubt the deerhound, under such 

 surroundings, would improve, especially as he was, 

 to a certain extent, more of a companion than 

 when kept in a large kennel. 



In Johnson's tour to the Hebrides in 1773, Boswell 

 makes several allusions to the dogs and hounds. 

 He says : " In the Isle of Sky is a race of brindled 

 greyhounds larger and stronger than those with which 

 we course hares, and these are the only dogs used 



by them (the islanders) for the chase 



Th(^ deer are not driven with horns and hounds. 



