He runs awkwardly on his plantigrade feet; but, although from his great length and size he appears to move but slowly, it is not so.

He manages to shuffle over the ground much more rapidly than one would suppose.

He can overtake a man on foot--although a mounted hunter, with his dogs, will easily overtake _him_.

When he finds that he cannot escape by running, he takes to a tree; and, having clambered high up, tries to hide himself among the leaves.

He does not often succeed in this, as the keen noses of the hounds guide them to the right tree, where they stand barking and howling until the hunters come up.