STAG, OR RED DEER.—Cervus E'laphus. 
The great speed of the Stag is proverbial, and needs no mention. It is an admirable 
swimmer, having been known to swim for a distance of six or seven miles, and in one 
instance a Stag landed in the night upon a beach which he could not have reached without 
having swum for a distance of ten miles. The gallant beast was discovered by some dogs 
as he landed, and being chased by them immediately after his fatiguing aquatic exploit, 
was overcome by exhaustion, and found dead on the following morning. 
