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And seventhly, in the Hebrides, also, red deer are found, 

 and chiefly in the islands of Jura, Mull, and Skye ; but they 

 are here in much less numbers than on the mainland : yet 

 in Jura alone there are said to be 500, and in Skye about half 

 that number. 



THE DEER-HOUND. 



The dog employed to pull down the wounded red deer is 

 that known as the deer-hound, which resembles a large grey- 

 hound in shape, but is clothed with very coarse wiry hair, 

 considerably longer than that of the smooth greyhound; the 

 face is bearded with this hair like that of the Scotch terrier, 

 or otter-hound, but there is no intermixture of wool as in 

 the undercoats of those dogs, and the hair is of a coarser and 

 more wiry character. The deer-hound hunts both by scent 

 and view, abandoning the use of the nose when his game 

 comes within the scope of his eye. The mode of using this 

 dog is to hold him in slips, generally with a companion, till 

 he is wanted, and then slipping him either in view of his 

 game, or else being put on the scent, he follows it up as long 

 and as well as his powers will allow. The true deer-hound 

 is now extremely rare, most of those supposed to be of the 

 breed being merely rough greyhounds. Indeed, it is very 

 difficult to distinguish the one from the other, the only ex- 

 ternal mark being the carriage of the head in running, which 

 is low in the greyhound and high in the deer-hound. A cross 

 between the greyhound and foxhound has been tried, and 

 found to answer well. According to Mr. Scrope, an infusion 

 of bulldog blood, with the intention of giving courage, fails, 

 because the produce follows the peculiar habit of this breed 

 in attacking the stag in front, and is consequently impaled 

 on his horns. 



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The telescope is quite as necessary for stalking as the rifle, 

 and it should be of the very best make, especially in deer 

 stalking, in order to detect the stag at a great distance, even 

 if, as is often the case, his horns only are visible. A large 

 field is incompatible with great power, and therefore the 



