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escaped our pursuit. We found several 

 afterwards, but the cover was so thick, 

 that we were unable to drive them out; 

 the dogs killed one in the wood, but we 

 could not find it. 



In traversing this country we found much 

 picturesque scenery, extremely gratifying 

 to the eye ; deep glens and ravines, with 

 the mountain brow impending, on which 

 perhaps stood a huntsman looking out for 

 his companions, who, stationed below, were 

 watching for a stag to leap from the forest, 

 at which they might let slip the dog which 

 each generally held. The barking of the 

 dogs, the cheering of the hunters, and the 

 clamours of the country people collected to 

 see the sport, heightened the romance of 

 the scene, although the situation is not well 

 adapted for hunting on account of the ab- 

 ruptness of the precipices, on the brink of 

 which you are compelled to stop, and of 



