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tain. We saw him several times a long way off, 

 always following slowly behind his four hinds. At 

 length we lost the tracks, but crossed the shoulder of 

 the mountain, and worked down the other side in the 

 direction they had been heading. It was late in the 

 evening; and we had just crept to a ridge of rocks 

 which commanded a good view of some corries below 

 us, when I caught sight of two hinds feeding amongst 

 some bushes at the head of a narrow gully. I thought 

 it quite possible that more deer might be lower down 

 the ravine out of sight, so signing to my companion 

 to sit tight, and not show himself, I crept round the 

 rocks, and then made rather a difficult stalk down the 

 hillside and at length reached a single rock, within 

 two hundred yards of the hinds, which were quite 

 unconscious of my proximity, as they had not seen me, 

 and the wind was blowing strongly from them towards 

 where I sat. 



I watched them for a long time, and as they kept 

 feeding farther and farther up the hillside, and no 

 more deer came in sight in the gully, I made sure 

 there could be no more there; and as it was get- 

 ting late, I left my shelter and crept cautiously back 

 again to the rocks, where I had left my companion, 

 whom I rejoined without disturbing the deer. As I 

 cared very little whether these hinds became aware of 

 my presence or not, I thought I would test their 

 powers of hearing; I therefore gave a not very loud 

 call, which evidently did not reach their ears, but when 



