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one of which he knows can possibly be realised ; 

 who trusts him implicitly, who does his bidding, no 

 matter what, without doubt or hesitation, who 

 follows him like a dog, and, as Scrope describes it, 

 "lies down to hand like a pointer" ? How can he 

 watch him panting up the steep brae, or straining 

 his eyes to see the deer, which, if seen at all 

 he is never destined to approach ! Cruel as all 

 this sounds, it has existed, and so long as selfish- 

 ness and duplicity remain among men — and when 

 will they depart ? — ^it will exist. 



One safeguard, and that only against a repeti- 

 tion of the offence, has the hapless guest in such 

 cases, — never revisit the proprietor, and pay the 

 stalker by results. " No stag, no tip,"' is a good 

 rule. But if you miss ? some may say, how hard 

 to mulct the stalker for your own want of skill ; 

 "No s/iof, no tip," would be fairer? No! I'll 

 tell you why. I was once taken for a "walk" by 

 a stalker, but not being quite such a fool as he 

 thought me — though there was plenty of margin. 



