82 DEER-STALKING. CH. XXV. 



together if desired to do so, without moving an 

 inch. 



On leaving the house at daybreak, or at least be- 

 fore the sun was risen, I struck oiF in a straight line 

 through the woods, till, having got through the whole 

 cover, I sat myself down on the top of what was called 

 the Eagle's Craig, and turned, for the first time that 

 raornhig, to the east to look at the sun, which was 

 now rising in its utmost glory and brightness, — a 

 glorious sight, and one that loses not its interest 

 though seen each returning day, particularly when 

 viewed from the lonely places either of land or sea : 

 below me lay a great extent of pine-wood, con- 

 cealing the house and the cultivated land around it, 

 with the exception of a glimpse caught here and there 

 of the bright green meadow which formed the banks 

 of the river. The river itself was visible through 

 many openings, and where the outline of the trees 

 was lower than in other places : beyond the river 

 rose a black-looking moorland, which, growing 

 gradually higher and higher, terminated in moun- 

 tains with a most varied and fantastic outline 

 of peaks and precipices, the stony sides of which 

 were lighted up by the rising sun, and exhibited 

 a strong contrast to the deep colour of the hills 

 below them, covered with dark heather, and not yet 

 reached by the sun's rays. 



