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he roared because he could not manage to get 
at the man or with fright when he saw the rifle 
it is hard to guess, but I remember thinking how 
like his roar was to the roar of two stags at each 
other on opposite sides of a corrie. 
" The second time was in 1907, about October 
1st. This season we got some heavy stags on my 
beat. The heaviest was 20 st. 5 lb., and Mr. B., 
with whom I was then stalking, was keen to make 
a record average weight. One day we were 
spying near the far end of the beat, and saw a 
stag travelling on to our ground. At first we 
could not make out what he was, until he joined 
a bunch of hinds and showed us his broadside, 
when at once we saw he was a fine big beast, and, 
although neither of us said so, I believe we both 
thought at the time it was bigger than our 20- 
stoner. The day was getting late, and it was 
hard to stalk him where he was, and so near the 
march, if a failure, so we left him in peace, hoping 
for favourable wind and weather next day. Next 
morning we were early on the move and over the 
tops at best pace till we came to the spying point. 
We saw the same stag and hinds on the same 
face, but lower down, and, if anything, harder to 
get at. We went round the top of the corrie to 
