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This may be full of deer, or it may contain none. If 

 the former, it is more than likely that the two lots- 

 those that it originally contained and the new comers, 

 whose sudden arrival must cause a certain commotion 

 will move on to the third corrie. If the second 

 corrie is empty, those that have been moved into it 

 may remain there or they may go on still further up 

 wind. Our party follows them over the shoulder till 

 a view is obtained of the whole or most of the corrie. 

 If deer are spied, it will probably be necessary to go 

 to the top of the ridge in order to get at them by 

 crawling down the burn, or to take advantage of what 

 ever irregularities the ground may afford. It will be 

 hardly possible to get a chance by going through the 

 corrie, as the top of the shoulder will be in full view 

 of its leeward side, where the herd, if they have 

 remained there at all, are likely to be found. If 

 nothing is espied from the shoulder, the stalkers must 

 in any case ascend the ridge to get a proper view of 

 the third corrie. They have now cleared half the 

 ground of deer and driven them all towards the west 

 or farthest end of the beat ; and at the end of the day, 

 unless the sport has been very successful, or for some 

 other special reason it is brought to an abrupt con- 

 clusion, there will not be a stag left in the whole of that 

 beat. Now it is not to be supposed that the tactics 



