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RED DEER. 



matical fact that the spheroid form con- 

 centrates more substance in a given measure- 

 ment than any other. 



Afar, too, the glance naturally rests on the 

 top, and does not observe the enlargement of 

 the base. The illusion is increased by the 

 division of the summit into four fields by a 

 wall in the shape of a Maltese cross. Four 

 meadows are nothing in the midst of the ex- 

 panse to which one is accustomed on the hills, 

 but in reality the base of the Ball is a very 

 long way round. There are projecting stones 

 for steps in the wall on the summit, by which 

 it can be climbed, and the path followed 

 along the edge of the Ball. The sward is hard 

 to the footsteps, for it does but cover the rock 

 beneath ; there is grass, but no turf. Brake 

 fern grows towards the verge, and bushes 

 and brambles fringe it. Tutting the foot care- 

 lessly on a bunch of grass the loose stones it 

 conceals slip, and it is necessary to quickly 

 giasp a stout stem of fern to avoid a fall. 



Reddish stones lie by the bushes, 



