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flat, mossy and marshy expanse, in which save a 

 few peat bogs, there is hardly any shelter ; and 

 devoutly does Donald pray that they may rise 

 and feed over the ridge, for, as he says, we shall 

 have to " cra-a-1 " nearly all the way if they remain 

 where they are, adding, "It is far to cra-a-1!" 

 It is indeed, as I presently discover. " Clubfoot," 

 however, is not among them, and after waiting 

 some time in the hope of their either moving 

 down to him or his moving up to them, Donald 

 decides to send Archie back again to try to move 

 the rest of the deer up towards those in sight of us. 

 Meanwhile we descend the slope below us, partly 

 protected by natural trenches and rifts in the peat 

 bog, till we reach the edge of the flat exposed 

 ground above mentioned. There, after long cogita- 

 tion, Donald informs me that we must "just cra-a-l" 

 till we can get under the shelter of some rather 

 more uneven ground, which he shows me at wdiat 

 appears to me an awful distance off, considering 

 the mode of progression we are forced to adopt; 



