CHAPTER XIII. 



Increased Speed — Blanching a Stag — Slowlev Wood 



KiNGSBRIDGE ThE MiXERAL RaILWAY ThE StEART 



Stag — Tame Deer — Ways and Means — The .Venison 

 Feasts — Time-Honoured Customs. 



All the rules 

 of staghunt- 

 i n g are as 

 different as 

 possible from 

 those of any 

 other kind of 

 hunting, and 

 the deliberate 

 consultations 

 sometimes 

 c a r r i e d on 

 amongst the executive, when once a stag has 

 been roused, often strikes a novice as one of 

 the most unaccountable features of this unique 

 sport. For several years past it has been so 

 imperative to kill without mercy as many as 

 possible of the beautiful animals, and that 

 without particular regard to their having 

 attained a warrantable age, that the good old 

 custom of allowing each deer an ample law 



