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shall show presently, any injury suffered by a stag- 

 almost invariably affects the growth, and develop- 

 ment, and beauty of the horn. 



In what I have stated as to the periods at which 

 deer shed their horns, I must, of course, be taken as 

 speakino- with reference to the country in which I 



The Fravin"-Slock. 



am writing. Whether the seasons are precisely the 

 same with the deer in the Highlands of Scotland, I 

 know not. But I am well aware that a deer kept 

 in confinement will shed his horns earlier, and that 

 they will be renewed sooner, than in the case of a 

 wild deer. I may also remark, that a deer kept in 



