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lying on the ground, with his horns flat on 

 his back, like a rabbit in her form. Mr. Smith 

 whipped him u]3, when he broke away out of 

 the enclosure, and ran for four or five miles, 

 with the two hounds close to his haunches. 

 Luckily Mr. Smith's horse jumped OA^er the 

 23alings ; and so he kept in sight of them until 

 the stag ran into a stream of water, and stood 

 in it, defying the hounds ; he gave one of 

 them a kick, but being in the water, it was 

 not hurt. Mr. Smith remained for nearly an 

 hour sitting on the bank and hallooing, imtil 

 a forest-keeper came, whom he sent to inform 

 Davis, the huntsman. Shortly after, one of the 

 whippers-in came up, and directly jumped off 

 his horse close to the stag, wliicli then quietly 

 trotted out of the water. Mr. Smith begged 

 the whipper-in to mount his horse, saying 

 that the stag was not much distressed, as his 

 mouth was shut. The man said, ^' That only 

 proves that he's done;" and so it j)roved; for 

 when the stag had gone about 100 yards, he 



