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WILD BEASTS AND THEIR WA YS 
CHAP. 
hinds will immediately imitate her example, until at 
length a large number of deer will have halted in a 
crowd. A keeper will immediately display a white 
handkerchief, and for the moment halt; every man 
along the line will do the same. The old hind will 
perhaps advance inquisitively forward, as though to 
examine the peculiar appearance of a white 
handkerchief. This is dangerous, and she must be 
stopped. A shrill whistle will at once turn her, and 
as she retreats, the handkerchief may be slowly 
waved, as the man advances. 
In this manner, by degrees, with quiet and 
reflective management, the large mass of animals 
may be induced to move in the required direction. 
Should some determined hart or hind make a rush 
backwards in desperation, it must be stopped at all 
hazards by a shot, but the great secret of success 
is quietness. 
In the meantime six guns are anxiously waiting 
in the same number of boxes at the foot of the hills, 
thus lining the valley of Glen Tilt. The order has 
been given that the deer are to be visible on the 
sky-line at 3 p.m. Every watch has been set to the 
same time, and the anxious watchers have been 
repeatedly conferring with their dials, and scanning 
the sky-line with their binoculars, as only five 
minutes remain of the time appointed. 
The keepers in the rear of the advancing herds 
have also referred to their watches, and they take 
a pride in carrying out their instructions with the 
greatest punctuality. 
