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the full extent of; and like many people taking 

 " omne ignotum pro horribili." 



Though red deer seldom come down to the woods 

 in this immediate neighbourhood, I have occasion- 

 ally seen one who has probably wandered away 

 from the Duke of Richmond's forest. 



Instances too sometimes occur of a stag being 

 found in the act of swimming narrow parts of the 

 Moray Firth ; a solitary deer who probably has been 

 driven by dogs from his usual haunts, till frightened 

 and bewildered he has wandered at random, and at 

 last, coming to the shore, has swam boldly out 

 attracted by the appearance of the woods on the 

 opposite side. 



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