, 1866-11-09

tEIoua LEG LONDON 4c1eR51pA+ NV1ooeF 4t-I
Devoted as the English race Is to field
sports, and general as the pursuit Of them
has grown, the shooting seasons can never
pass witlous accidents. Most Of these. how
ever distressing, arc ordinary enough In
character. Forgetting obvious rules Ut cau-
tirn, inexperienced or careless hands maim or
Kill either themselves or some Of their CON-
IunioEs. There is nothing to be said Of such
disasters, except that prudent spostsmcn
should avoid the clumsy people who cause
selves should try to remember that he who
lets apy eye but that OF his quarry sec down
his loaded barrcss Is mutt and homicide
in posse. Bat in Scotland calamity has be-
which is really one Of the most extraordinary
ever told in the annals of the rile. There
are curious stories BY dozens in the records
Of" flood and neld." Every book Of bunting
and shooting contains some wonderful tale,
and every old shot can spin yarn after yarn
of' wild adventures that bcfei." Some that
arc not believed are none the less true, for
travellers and hunters do '.str27Ee things,
Us well as "see" them, and are often shy Of
rarratiug all they know, because truth Is so
often less probable than detion-
Who would credit, for example, that q wild
Austrian pull, in full charge, had been filled
to the ground and slain by pebble thrown
from the hand: let that is on record. And
in the long list Of the accidents that have bs-
| falten the disciples OF St. Huhelt We find the
oldest Of tales. It is Harris. We believe, who
HaFf1tes IN MS 1llS1lan1s Oh EthtoPia th1t
q dying antelope pushed into the p1=suer the
hunting.kuifc which vas drawn to siav it,
well nigh 'g.alluching'' the man Instead OF
| suffering that process itself. Something of
/ the same character, hnt more extraordinary
i still. Is the unfortunate accident which has
/ occurred iu Mar Forest. II Is not very uu-
common for deer to kill their hunters. The
brow antlcrs Of stag Of ter" are like buy
onets, and the old song says, 'Ifthon be
hurt with horn Of hart ii brings thee to thy
grave" But who ever heard Of Il stag shout
ing the man who shot It. Nobody would
dare TO inyeEt such an Incident in I volume
Of sport The mighty hunter who got the
tou6r14utt OF Gordon Cumming" it-too-
Yet the thing has really happened this year
in the Grampians. md q right good forester
; was buried among the mountains last Wed
ncsday who wns shot through the heart by q
bullet t'red By stag Of Which he had ma.ie
sure. and which was itself At the point Of
. dta,h.
The uplucky sportsman was named George
; Crfuhart, and was first rctc and successful
l ,.cesstaIker. one Of he best uf Mr. Fnxell's
f0rcsters at BTaemar. When out with his
c master and somc others on the face OF CAirr-
| tnul, a tine stay WAS stalked and surrounded
{ by the party. Ur4u:lart WIS sen, to keep
I the animal irpm cscap pin. by the head Of the
!, glen, and firing At it, he wonuded il again
: Another forester then joined him, and the
u two followed the stag out Of tlle main pass
r INTO very deep glen, with broken ground
s belnw. The deer WAS SO badly hunt HAT the
l. men came up with hiu,, and CrqUhart tried
to drive hin. down with the butt-end of the
t rite before dealing the finishing blow In
j, despair and ain, the stag dashed out, and
y striking the hammers Of the piece, Knocked
IS one off and brought the other d'wn on tho
cap. - Tint the charge exploded, and drove
:. the bullet straight through the forestes's
y y h"dy. lle stood for moment: md then
!, arms Of his con. n.paniou, Grant. who lid him
!, down AID tricd 10 step the bleeding. Seclue
u The poor fellow WIS SO much, hurt
'e others wondering what bad becomc OF ths
r Two men. On Tearing the melancholy News
p Mr.. Powell aud his friends immediately weul
% dnwn to urquhart, while his comrade ral
. over the hills 10 a shieling, scven or eight
e miles Of. for further assistance, end theuct
sent 10 Bracmur, sixteen miles further, FOL
IS doctors. But the forester was IS fatally hit
= as the sing, which had dropped dead n little
:, way below and although lie could tell how
+ came up, by-and bye be grew weaker an.
y weaker, and died as the twilight began tt
l. all. At about O'Clock the nlen came back
o ard, placing the body on q hill pony, the,
70 carried it ont Of the PASS. But By this tim
le the darkness was so dense that IN the wild
u ness and desolation the Hlournlul party utter
II lost their way. at midnight they wer
6: obi. .ed to lay the corpeeon the heather, nn'
sit down to walt for morning, but inst o1
H.. stopping they suw the fire in the shieln- t
.. winch Ur9uhart had FIRST gone, and then th
- lanthorns Of the mer sent out to look l1
~ them. So at last they 20. shelter. The doc
=, tors had also come, but the deer-stalkcf Wa
Is lonr mast thefr helr-5ead and cold 1ikn hi
c, slayer, the autlcreti kim. Of the hills w1ic
n, lay in the Wild mountain huEn. Tue Sag Ia
u positively shet the forester with his own ril
nc in its dying agony. averaging the death .
IS many a HEcart Of grease and Its own st
a. beside.