Delaware State journal and statesman., 1866-11-13
IFrom the London Telegraph, Get l7th.1
A HUNTER SHOT BY A DEER

lFrom the London Telegraph, Get. iTth.l
HUNTER SHOT BY A DEER.
Devoted us the English race is to the field
sports, and general rs the pursuit of them
has grown, the shooting season can never
pass without accidents. Most of these, how
ever distressing, are ordinary enough in
character. Forgetting obvious rules Of
Vaullon, inexperienced or careless hands
MAIN or kill either themselves or some Ot
lhelr companions. There is nothing to be
SAID oil such disasters; except that prudent
sporlsmcn should avoid the clumsy people
who cause such risks, and that those persons
themselves should try 10 remember that he
who lets any eye hut that of his quarry see
down his loaded barrels, is mulI and u
homicide IN posse But in Scotland a calami-
~ has bciAllen first rate and well tried
forester which is really one of the most cx
lraordinary ever told in the annals OF the
rifle. There are curious stories by dozens
in the record OF 'ilood and field" Every
hook OF hunting and shooting contains some
wonderful tale, and every old shot can spin
yarn after yarn of wild adventures that
betcll.' Some that are not believed are none
the less true, iOr travellers and hunters do
strange things, as well AS "sec" them, and
are often Shy OF narrating all they know, he
cause truth is 50 often less probable than
fiction.
Who would credit, for example, that IL
wild Australian bull, in full charge, had been
lclled to the ground and slain by n pebble
thrown from the hand. Yet that is on record.
AND IN the long list of the accidents thnt
have hclilcn the dcciplcs Of St Hubert we
ind the oddest Of tales. Ii is Harris, we he
lieye, who narraics in his "IIighlands OF
Ethiopia that dying antelope pushed into
The pursuor the hunting knife which, was
drawn To slay it, well nigh "grall0ching"
the man instead OF suffering that process
llsclL Something of the same character,
hui more extraordinary still, is the unioriu-
nate accident which has occurred in Mar
Forest. Il is not very uncommon for deer
TO XIII their hunters. 'lhc brow antlers OF a
stag ul ten are like bnyOnets, and the
old song says, al thou be hurt with horn ol
hart il brings the to thy grave" But who
ever heard of Il stag shooting the man who
shot it: Nobndy would dare to invent such
IN incident in u v0lumn of sport. The
mighty hunter who got the SoubrigHrt OF Cor.
doll cumming 'it tOO-strOngN never told us
such story aSthat lctthcthing has really
happened This year in the Grampians, aud
q right good forester was buried among the
mountains last Wednesday, who was shot
through the heart by Il bullet fired by stag
ol which he madc sure, and which was itself
at the point of death.
lheunluckY spOrismcn was named George
rquhart, and was u tirs;-ratc and successful
dccrslalkcr, unc Oi the best Of MIR. powelrs
lorcsters at liracmar When out with his
master and some others on the face of Carin
loul, fine stag was stalkcd and surrounded
ny Inc party Irquhar was sent To keep
lne animal from escaping by the head of the
glen, and, firing at ii; he wounded 1t again
Another forester then Joined him, and the
two followed the stag out Of the main
pass into very deep glen, with broken
ground and precipitous sides, and loamiDg
burn below. The deer was so badly hurt
mat the men came mp with him; and Urqu.
hall tIled To drive him down with the butt
emu oi me ille before dealing the finishing
blow In despair and pain, the stag lashrd
out, and, striking the hammers of the
piece, knockd one oil and brought the other
Iown on The cap, SO that The charge explo
ued, and drove the lullcts straight through
the lorcsler's body He stood fora moment.
and then said, quietly, "l am shot, and
lell INTO the arms of his companion Grant.
VINO lald him down and tried TO stop the
ppeulhg' seeing the poor fellow was 50
much hurt Grant hastcned up the glen, ana
iiound HIS master with the others wonder
ing what had become of the two men. On
nearing lhc melancholy news, Mr. Powell
nuu ms Hlchus Immediately went down 10
lrquhar, while his comradc ran over the
mus toa shieling, seven or eight miles oil, Tor
lnrlhel assistance, and thence sent to Brau
lner, sixteen miles further, for doctors.
Bui the forester was rs fatally hit as the
stag which had dropped dead Il little way
below, and although he could tell how the
accident happier ed when his master first
came up, by-and-bye he grew weaker and
weaker, and died as twilight began to fall.
AT about O'Clock the man came buck, and
placing the body on hill pony, they carried
it out of the pass But by this lime the
darkness was So dense that in the wildncss
and desolalion the mournml party utterly
lost their way. At midnight they were
obliged to lay the corpse on the heather and
SIT down to wait Tor morning hut iust on
stopping they saw TIE fire in the shielinr 10
which Uiquhalt had first gone, and then The
lanlhons OF the men sent out to look for
them. So at last they got shelter. The
doctors had also come, hut the dccr.stalkcr
was long past their help-dpad and cold like
his slayer, the antlered king of the hills
which lay in the wild mountain burn. Tho
stag had positively shot the forester with
his own nilc in ils dying agony, avenging
the death of many "hcarl Of grease, " and
its own fate hcaidc.