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ed of more various arts to escape the hunter, and 
leads him to precipices where the danger ennobles 
the chase. In pursuing the animal let loose from 
a park, as it is unused to danger, it is but little 
versed in the stratagems of escape ; the hunter fol- 
lows as sure of overcoming, and feels none of those 
alternations of hope and fear which arise from the 
uncertainty of success. But it is otherwise with 
the mountain stag : having spent his whole life in 
a state of continual apprehension ; having frequent- 
ly been followed, and as frequently escaped, he 
knows every trick to mislead, to confound, or in- 
timidate his pursuers ; to stimulate their ardour, 
and enhance their success. 
Those who hunt this animal have their peculiar 
terms for the different objects of their pursuit. 
The professors in every art take a pleasure in thus 
employing a language known only to themselves, 
and thus accumulate words, which to the ignorant 
have the appearance of knowledge. In this manner, 
the stag is called the first year, a calf, or hind calf ; 
ihe second year, a knobber ; the third, a brock ; 
the fourth, a stag-guard ; the fifth, a stag ; the 
sixth, a hart. The female is called a hind ; the 
first year she is a calf; the second a hearse; the 
third, a hind. This animal is said to harbour in 
the place where he resides. 
Such are but a few of the many terms used by 
hunters in pursuing of the stag, most of which are 
now laid aside, or in use only among gamekeepers, 
The chase, however, is continued in many parts of 
the country where the red deer is preserved, and 
still makes the amusement of such as have not 
found out more liberal entertainments. In those 
few places where the animal is perfectly wild, the 
amusement, as was said above, is superior. The 
first great care of the hunter, when he leads out 
his hounds to the mountain side., where the deer i\\'& 
