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This was the only casualty all day, though about 

 thirty beasts were dehorned. His friends, who had, 

 I fancy, been indulging in the cup that cheers, rushed 

 up, got him on his feet, ascertained that he had fears 

 of a broken rib, and then shook him violently up and 

 down to prove how ill-founded were his suspicions. 

 The treatment seemed too drastic to prove efficacious, 

 and the patient, under the directions of the ubiquitous 

 Sir Walter, was removed groaning. 



I examined a good many of the horns after they 

 had been sawn off, and there was no trace of blood 

 on any. They were ground to powder subsequently 

 and used as medicine for wounds. 



The deer frequently fought with each other, and 

 the dehorned beasts before they could escape from 

 the enclosure had a very poor time. Japanese deer, 

 like the Japanese themselves, are extraordinarily 

 powerful for their size. They only stand about 

 32 inches at the shoulder, yet in but few cases when 

 captured did they fail to pull their captor off his 

 feet. One very powerful stag took five men to throw 

 him, and even then he gave them a very poor time. 



The unequal struggle over, he made his inglorious 

 exit, and we adjourned to a sweet little tea-house by a 

 waterfall where dear little girls gave us lunch. After 

 lunch the frivolous member of the party (and it wasn't 

 me !) played cat's cradle with the sweetest of the sweet 

 little girls and cemented the Anglo-Japanese alliance. 

 He evidently thought it was in a bad way, for, 

 between giggles, a lot of cement was applied. I 



