132 FOREST CREATURES. 



in my work on Chamois Hunting ; and I transcribe it 

 here for the information of those to whom the book in 

 question is not known. 



" The strangest sight I remember to have witnessed 

 occurred with a fallow-deer — a buck. I came suddenly 

 upon him while grazing in a glade, and fired. I looked 

 to see the result of my shot, but he neither fell nor 

 dashed away. In a moment, he began rocking to and 

 fro where he stood. I went towards him, but he took 

 no notice of my approach, and continued the rocking 

 motion as before. I pushed him with my hand, and he 

 rolled over and was dead. The shot-hole was quite 

 round, and showed no redness; not the least sign of 

 blood was visible, and the opening was filled up by the 

 chewed grass on which the animal had been feeding." 



On all occasions when the deer does not drop at once 

 it is advisable, unless you see that it sickens and moves 

 but slowly, to leave it quiet and unpursued for some 

 hours. You thus are more likely to obtain the 

 wounded animal ; for, left to itself, it will surely lie 

 down before long, and there remain unless roused and 

 forced to go further. When, however, fallow deer are 

 frightened merely, the herd will continue their flight 

 for a very considerable distance, still going on as if 

 there were no safety but when far removed from the 

 spot whence they were first scared. In this they are 

 different from red-deer. These halt after a time, and. 



