CHAPTER XII 



DEER 

 By Major C. S. CUMBERLAND 



AFTER THE BARASINGH OR HANGUL 



THE red deer of Cashmere is to be found in the 

 hills which bound the valley of Cashmere on three 

 sides, and as far as Kishtowar, but not on the north 

 side or Kasinag range. In the early spring, before 

 April ist, by which time most of the stags have shed 

 their horns, the hills between the Wullar Lake and 

 Grace is a favoured hunting ground, as they are then 

 making their way out of the wooded ranges to the 

 bare open mountains towards Astor, where they 

 remain until the autumn, when the horns are matured. 



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