The mammals add as much to the change as the
birds. The red deer, which abound and in the summer are singularly tame, repay close observation. The -faithfulness of the hind, her careful fondness for the young for as much as two years of its life, the diurnal migrations from hill to valley, the signs of their journeys—as to rock and cave in foul weather —the litter of splendid horns—these and such like are occupa- tion enough for a day and days. And the deer do not have the hills to themselves. I made a long trip once into the Rockies and upper valleys of the Selkirks to see the wild goat, that live in their remoteness ; and must confess that at that date I had no idea that there were North British hills, and those the nearest, where wild goat could be seen in scenery as entrancing, though of course not so tremendous. They are numerous enough, and live beside the blue hares which will lie on the granite rocks so sure of their colour protection that you might think them tame.
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