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1 SEND FOR THE DOGS. 
head, Francis screaming with deb'^ht, but the stag was up 
again as quick as he fell and dashed through the wood ; I ran 
as fast as 1 could to intercept him, and was putting in a fresh 
cartridge as I ran, when out he came about hundred yards 
distant ; I fired a hurried shot without stopping him, and 
THB UNHEEDED WARNWC. 
as he appeared to be so strong, and finding a good deal of 
blood on his tracks, and as he had gone up a dip into another 
wood, I sent off for the dogs. The wood we tracked him 
into was a small one, so I posted myself and sent Francis 
through on the blood track ; to my disappointment the deer 
had gone on, but instead of entering the large forest beyond, 
the track skirted it and lead down a very steep hill, the 
