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had been named " Mumbo Jumbo/' from the terror 

 inspired by his majestic size and appearance to all 

 women and children, happened to be the most gentle 

 of his land. He would come down to the hall-door, 

 and receive bits of bread and other things from the 

 hands of our children, following them also about the 

 park in the most dutiful manner. A friend of ours 

 acquainted somewhat with the nature of red deer, 

 remarked to us one day, " If you don't kill that 

 stag, he will some day kill one of your children." 



" We know him too well," was our reply, " or a 

 bullet would have gone through his head long ago." 



Poor old " Mumbo Jumbo " merited our con- 

 fidence in him to the last. When, chilled by the 

 blasts of a very inclement winter in a heavy fall of 

 snow, he was found unable to rise from the ground, 

 we had him conveyed upon a hurdle covered with 

 straw into a loose box, where he was attended with 

 assiduous care until his candle was burnt out ; and 

 his grateful acceptance of all our little attentions to 

 his wants proved that he appreciated our kindness. 

 Those who have studied deeply the characteristics of 

 animal nature must have perceived something more 

 than instinct cropping out in their conduct towards 

 those who show them great kindness. " The ox 

 knowcth his owner, and the ass his master's crib," 

 and so will every animal or bird in the creation 

 respond in some way to gentle and kind treatment. 



Irrespective of the high scent exuding from a 

 red deer in chase, there is the slot or mark of his hoof 

 left strongly impressed upon soft soil, by which the 

 huntsman may be guided when his hounds are at 



