March 30, 1907.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
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HIGHLAND 
SUPERSTITIONS 
DEER. 
ABOUT 
f. 
There are two traditions as to Ossian’s par¬ 
entage- one that his mother was a hind, an¬ 
other that he had been mothered by a deer. 
The secret was not discovered till Ossian’s 
persistent avoidance of venison was noticed. 
There was indeed no lack of instances of 
women assuming the shape of hinds. Murdoch 
of Gaick was a celebrated stalker, who hunted 
over all Badenoch without troubling to ask 
any one’s permission. On a certain occasion 
he had been out for several days, and had had 
no luck in the forest, when at last he got with¬ 
in shot of a hind on the Doune. When he had 
taken careful aim, he was horrified to find that 
his arrow pointed at a young woman; down 
went the bow, and a hind took her place. Time 
after time he took aim at the changing figure, 
till at last, wearied and exasperated, he fired 
as the sun set, and down fell a hind. As he 
walked forward toward his venison he became 
overpowered, and heard a supernatural voice 
exclaiming, “Murdoch, Murdoch! You have 
this day slain the only maid of the Doune.” 
On which the poacher jumped up, replying, as 
he ran off at his best speed, “If I have killed 
her you may eat her.” 
This changing figure was familiar all over 
the Highlands, with variations. In the west, 
when so confronted, the hunter kept up his 
gun and thus walked up to the object and 
grasped it, the deer becoming a beautiful 
woman as he laid hands on it! One adven¬ 
turous Highlander married his capture, but was 
glad to get supernatural help in getting free of 
her during the honeymoon. A certain witch 
called on a farmer for the loan of his horses, 
but he bade her take the deer near by. This 
she did, carefully stabling them when they had 
answered her purpose. On complaining of 
their unruliness to the farmer, he merely re¬ 
plied, “They’ll be quiet enough to-morrow”— 
when he had turned them into venison! 
Two Lochaber men had a fearful experience. 
They had spent several fruitless days on the 
hills, sleeping in the open, and had resolved 
to return home, empty-handed though they 
were. Just as they set out homewards they 
met a little man who, from his gray hairs and 
thin, weak body, was evidently very old. As 
he said he was hungry, they gave him of their 
bread and cheese; nor was he ungrateful, 
though', when offered whisky, he to their sur¬ 
prise, firmly declined it. His dress suggested 
that he was a shepherd, so they inquired of him 
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