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CHAPTER V. 



WOUNDED DEER DEER-HOUNDS AND COLLIES - 

 WEIGHTS OF DEER "FLESH, FISH, AND FOWL "- 

 THE GRALLOCH. 



WHEN a deer is hit and recovers himself, remain 

 hidden and keep perfectly still ; turn the glass on to 

 him quickly and ascertain where he is struck, and watch 

 him closely. Wherever he be wounded, it is almost 

 certain he will make for water, and having found it, 

 will then seek a hole in which to lie down and hide. 

 If the ground serves, and he does not become unsighted, 

 and you can see him do this, then to the larder he 

 should go, for he is usually an easy stalk when in such 

 a sorry plight. 



If he goes out of sight over a ridge and does not 

 again appear beyond it, get up to the place where he 

 disappeared, and then proceed exactly as if he were 

 lying in front of you ; if he is not going away to 

 either side he may be lying dead, and if not, a careful 

 spy will mostly find him. It is extraordinary how 

 closely a badly- wounded deer will lie, and how cleverly 

 and in how small a hole he will conceal himself. When 

 the surface is broken by precipitous gullies and water- 

 courses filled with old heather and bracken, he will lie 



