THE BARBARY STAG 209 



present time is the Corsican red deer (cervus elaphus 

 corsicanus\ which is a much smaller species than 

 either the African or European forms. A good 

 Barbary stag stands about 3 feet 10 inches at the 

 shoulder, and in colouring is of a dark brown, some- 

 what lighter and greyer upon the upper parts. It 

 carries fine antlers, which are usually to be found 

 lacking the bez-tine. A grand pair, in the possession 

 of Sir Edmund Loder, show eleven points, and 

 measure 38^ inches in length over the outer curve. 

 These compare very favourably with the finest antlers 

 of our British red deer. This handsome deer is to 

 be found at the present day sparingly in parts of 

 Morocco, the east of Algeria, and the western forests 

 of Tunis. In this latter country it was formerly 

 much persecuted, but, thanks to preservation, is now 

 on the increase again. In Tunis its chief habitat 

 seems to be among forests of cork and pine. Sir 

 Harry Johnston * mentions having been in at the 

 death of a stag, some twenty years since, in this 

 north-western region of Tunisia. It was followed 

 on horseback and run down by Arab greyhounds. 

 Few, if any, British sportsmen seem to have stalked 

 this fine stag in any part of its North -African 

 fastnesses. 



THE AUDAD 



The Audad, Udad, Arui, or Barbary Sheep (Ovis 

 leruia\ is the only wild sheep known to Africa. Found 



1 Great and Small Game of South Africa. Rowland Ward and Co., 1899. 



