CONTENTS. 



PREFATORY MEMOIR, . xvii 



INTRODUCTION, ... 1 



DEER-STALKING. 



No sport more dependent on the weather Difficulty of knowing the 

 points when the wind strikes fair Novices generally miss from 

 nervousness Good nerves the great requisite for good shooting 

 American backwoodsmen and their ill-poised rifles The old 

 Highland deer-stalker The left-shouldered man Very deli- 

 berate shooting necessary for deer Best stalking weather Bright 

 sun High wind Mist South and west wind High and low 

 passes Ox-deer or "heaviers" Best time for a quiet shot 

 Stalking between deer Down-hill Quick sight of foresters- 

 Best chances at old harts Deer-drives Risk of the herd seeing 

 Glenartney Forest The Black Mount Its fine deer Peter 

 Robertson Deer duel Shooting one of the combatants The 

 virtuoso The stag's bath Crafty harts The tame stag of Tay- 

 niouth Massy antlers, ...... 5 



DEER-DRIVING IN MULL. 



A good head " Bentalla Scalastal Glenforsa The Knock pass 

 The " Ugly Buck "THE GARROCHREE STAG The eight- 

 barrelled rifle The first eight" Roaring like mad " " Look 

 oot, sir, for anither " Black-game on Garmony The Garrochree 

 stag again The " Ugly Buck " deserts Maclean and his collie 

 The last of the stag Deer in the water A CONTRETEMPS 

 Arnan hill The missing hart, . . . . .25 



