Antlers 



startled glance of inquiry and fear, and he sprang 

 to his feet and stood rigid a glorious sight, per- 

 haps one of the most glorious nature has to show, 

 a full-grown, perfectly developed and beautifully 



A 14-pointer Barasingha stag seated at the edge of the tarn. 



proportioned fourteen-pointer stag, with head, 

 body, and limbs tense with the alertness preced- 

 ing the swift turn and bound with which the 

 animal commences his retreat. 



The barasingha before me was an unusually fine 

 stag ; but he was to live to visit the peaceful little 



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