NEW ZEALAND RED DEER 99 



Seventeen-pointer killed in the Dingle by H. E. 

 Hodgkinson : 



Length, tip of nose to root of tail . . .96 inches. 

 Height at shoulder . . . . . . 56 



Girth 60 



A very heavy stag killed in the Nelson district 

 by Rev. W. C. Oliver taped from the tip of 

 the nose to the root of tail . . . . 108 ,, 



A twelve-pointer I killed in the Dingle last year 

 (1907) measured as follows : 



Length Tip of nose to root of tail (straight line) 74 inches. 

 Height At shoulder (this allowed for his weight 



when standing upright) . . . . 48 



Girth Behind shoulder . . . . . 63 



Measurement of a nine-pointer killed in the Dingle 

 by the author, 1907. 



Length Tip of nose to root of tail (straight line) 75 inches. 

 Height At shoulder (allowing for weight when 



standing) . . . . . . 46 



Girth Behind shoulder . . . . . 57 



The other two stags I killed were in an impossible 

 position for taking measurements. 



We had originally intended stalking in the Waira- 

 rapa, as the season there is supposed to open consider- 

 ably earlier than in Otago, where we meant to finish. 

 Circumstances which I have already mentioned pre- 

 vented this. Poor Burton got laid up in Christchurch, 

 and though I didn't much like leaving him we decided 

 it would be better for me to go on and get to the ground, 

 as otherwise there might be no ground left for us to 

 get to, the amount of stalking being very limited. If 

 the numbers of visiting sportsmen go on increasing 



