CHASE OF THE WILD RED DEER 4; 



am strongly inclined to think that the operation had 

 not been completely performed upon him. The 

 case is a peculiar one, and I mention it, in order that 

 wiser heads may ponder over it. A drawing of this 

 peculiar head will be found on this page. 



It is rare at the present day to kill a stag furnished 

 with horns of such a size as many of those kept at 







A thin spire of horn. 



Castle Hill, Baronsdown, Holnicote, Worth, and 

 elsewhere, as trophies of the chase in times gone by. 

 Possibly this may be accounted for in some measure 

 by the circumstance, that the deer are more subject 

 to molestation now, than in the palmy days of the 

 sport, and because the feeding grounds in which they 

 are now permitted to roam, do not furnish such rich 

 and varied pasturage as those which they were here- 



