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CHAPTER XXXII 



Autumn Day on the Mountain — Stags and Hinds— A Bivouac — Death of the Stag 



In the same ratio that steam-boats, railways, coaches, and every 

 other kind of conveyance were crowded in the months of July 

 jand. August with men, dogs, and guns, all travelling northwards, 

 every road is in October occupied by travellers to the south ; 

 for the cold blasts of the mountain, and the uncertain state of 

 the weather, in the Highlands, drive most of our English sports- 

 men back again to the more solid comforts of their own homes. 

 Nevertheless, there are, perhaps, more variety of sport and more 

 objects of interest to the hunter and naturalist to be met with 

 during the autumn and winter months in the northern parts of 



