114 SPORTING IN BOTH HEMISPHERES. 



about twenty paces of the animal, he deliberately took a 

 long aim and fired, but with no visible effect. His brother 

 followed his example, acting in a precisely similar manner, 

 but apparently with no better success, except that the stag, 

 scarcely thinking he was treated with fair play, extricated 

 himself from his muddy lair, and, bounding up the bank, 

 made one more struggle for his life amidst the shades of the 

 forest. I was excessively amused by an observation made by 

 a gamin amongst the crowd of spectators on the banks of 

 the lake, who, upon observing the unsuccessful shots made 

 by the two Princes, exclaimed 



" Faut envoyer pour un regiment d'infanterie pour le 

 tuer 1" 



