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this way. What horns ! What a span ! the 

 width between the horns is a sure indication of a 

 well-grown animal. He has a perfect head, " beam- 

 ed, branched, and summed," as they would have 

 said in old times. He has brow-antlers, sur- 

 antlers, royals, and croches * perfect ! 



SOUTHRON. 



He has brow, bay, and tray-antlers, and three 

 or four points on the top of each beam. He is grey 

 on the breast, face, haunches, and shoulder ! May 

 not that fine fellow be old enough to recollect the 

 war-whoop of Culloden ? Many a proud lord and 

 stalwart forester has been laid low since he first 

 browsed on the braes. 



FORESTER. 



Move quietly, or those listening watchful hinds 

 will betray us. Hinds must have been unknown 

 to the ancients ; or they would never have invented 

 such a non-descript as Argus, since a two-eyed 

 hind would have answered their purpose as well. 



SOUTHRON. 



What in the world are the men doing I do you 

 call this driving deer? the men are going from 

 them. I do not know how you measure distance 

 in such a country as this, but I should say the men 

 are a mile off" the deer the deer can neither see 

 nor hear them you are joking when you say they 

 can smell them. 



FORESTER. 



The deer must not see them : the men are now 



* Sometimes called crockets. 



