ANOTHER SHOT NOT REQUIRED. 
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giving me a long shot, which told and turned him back into the 
wood ; but as he appeared to be very strong I sent for the 
dogs and my breakfast. It must have been nearly three 
o'clock before they arrived; I first satisfied my hunger and 
then took up the track. The dogs soon began to pull 
eagerly, so I let them go, and had the satisfaction of hearing 
SNOB AND THE STAG. 
them and the stag rushing through the wood. It was not 
long before they brought him to bay in the scrub where 1 had 
my first shot at him ; it was very thick, and I had difficulty in 
getting to him. When I did so I found that another shot 
was not required. The knife soon put him out of his misery. 
My first shot had struck him beyond the right shoulder 
travelling back ^ the second in the hip. 
