Shooting, Moor and Marsh, 4th ed. (the Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes) (1893)
Walsingham, Lord, Gallwey, Ralph Payne Sir, Duke of Beaufort (Ed.) · Longmans, Green and Co. (London) · leaf 98
DEER STALKING. yh The fact was, he wished to hide himself and did not want the young fool’s company ; so he dropped behind, and when they had topped a hillock he stopped and turned back. But the other two missing him, also turned. He then pretended to go on with them a little farther. Atthe next… … Instances of almost human fidelity are common among deer. We have several times been witness of them. On one occasion we had wounded a good stag late in the evening ; the herd broke away, leaving him alone. In a few minutes another fine stag, evidently his friend, detached himself from the herd and…
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