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' muckle hart of Braemar ' and then slipping a lurcher 

 after him. This operation was however hardly 

 successful, for instead of the dog chasing the deer it 

 was the other way on, and through the telescope the 

 gallant Tarff was descried being chased ' all ow'r the 

 moss ' by the infuriated stag so the ' ferocious ' Derig 

 was also loosed. The dogs, however, again got the 

 worst of it, and after breaking bay away they go right 

 up the steeps of Ben-y-venie, and we hear of them 

 no more till the end of the day. A little later Tortoise 

 wounds a fine beast, black from rolling in the bog. 

 There seems to have been no lack of dogs on this 

 occasion, for Shuloch is immediately slipped after 

 the wounded deer and they disappear down Glen 

 Mark. Immediately afterwards the main herd cross 

 the Tilt, and the rifles open fire. As soon as the 

 deer are out of range, lurchers are slipped at the herd, 

 and a fine description is given of the performances of 

 Douglas, Percy, and Croime, of the bringing to bay of 

 two more noble harts, and of their death amid the 

 picturesque surroundings of the Tilt. 



This is all very interesting and very magnificent, 

 mats ce n'est pas la guerre. No forest could stand 

 such treatment for long. Besides the ordinary dis- 

 turbance caused by moving deer against their will 

 and then opening fire on them from places of con- 



