30 DEER-STALKING. 



feed quietly away. If a sheep is startled and runs, 

 the stalk is almost certainly spoilt ; for the chances are 

 the moment one begins to run, others will see him 

 and start off also; these alarm more, until in a few 

 minutes three or four hundred sheep may be seen 

 running up the corrie as if twenty collies were at their 

 heels. Curious and pretty even as the sight may be, it 

 is hardly appreciated when deer are in front, for it means 

 good-bye to them. Therefore, however troublesome it 

 may be, spare no pains to pass by sheep without making 

 them run, and it is rarely but that patience will accom- 

 plish this. Now and then it will happen that having 

 started on a stalk, a few hinds may be found in some 

 dip of the ground, and directly in the road to the quarry, 

 and round which it is impossible to creep without being 

 seen. If they are not in view of the stag pursued, they 

 may perhaps be moved sufficiently far out of the way 

 to let you pass, without alarming them very much, 

 either by a low whistle, or by showing the top of a 

 stick, and waving it gently, but more often than not 

 they will head straight for the deer you are after and 

 take them away also. 



