Hunting at High Altitudes 



brought from Jamaica and Hayti, where they were 

 introduced by the French and English. My belief 

 is they came originally from the United States and 

 Mexico. In a tour of Jamaica, I found no one 

 who had ever indulged in deer hunting in that 

 island. 



The Cuban deer average 36 inches in height and 

 weigh from 80 to 85 pounds. The largest I killed 

 weighed 130 pounds, and was considered quite a 

 large one. His antlers, now occupying a conspicu- 

 ous place in my library, would indicate, from size 

 of beam and tine, an animal even larger. These 

 deer have unusually large and lustrous eyes, and 

 with their exquisite symmetry and graceful move- 

 ments, are a delight to the eye of the hunter ac- 

 customed to the stately deer of the North the 

 big whitetail and blacktail. The flesh is rather 

 dark, with a very fine grain and a flavor peculiarly 

 its own, not unlike that of our blacktail. The 

 brains, properly stewed, are esteemed a luxury. 



Their habits are similar to those of the whitetail, 

 and like them, they are good swimmers. When 

 hard pressed by hounds they invariably make for 

 water at the second or third break from the timber. 



They run with a light, quick, buoyant move- 

 ment, with flag up, and seldom bound like the mule 

 deer, except when suddenly surprised at which 



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