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bank of the burn while the rest turn round and round, 

 the leaders of the herd still staring in the same direc- 

 tion, though their bodies may for the sake of comfort 

 have changed position. All of a sudden, in the 

 twinkling of an eye, without any apparent reason, 

 up go all their heads together, each deer looking in 

 the direction he happened to be facing, in another 

 second the leaders trot off in the direction in which 

 they were so earnestly gazing ; ' that trot becomes a 

 gallop soon,' and there is an end of the drive and 

 a bitter disappointment to everyone engaged in it. 

 The herd will probably be met by one or two of the 

 drivers, but no power on earth will now turn them. 

 They have chosen their road and intend to stick 

 to it. 



The drivers are, of course, so far apart when a 

 large tract of country is gathered that deer may, if 

 they like, break out at any moment of the day's 

 proceedings. I have imagined their doing so at the 

 last possible moment. But it is for this reason that 

 drives should be conducted with the utmost quietness. 



The notion which it seems to me should, if pos- 

 sible, be impressed on the deer, is that in the course 

 of his morning's feed or his mid-day siesta, he sees a 

 man whom he takes for a shepherd, walking carelessly 

 along the skyline. Joined by his comrades he strolls 



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