TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



PASE 



The Home of the Wild Red Deer. 



General Description of the Country — The Quantocks, 

 the Brendons, Dunkery, and Exmoor ... ... ... i 



CHAPTER II. 

 Of the Stag and his Nature. 



The Desire to " see the Stag '' — Short Notes on Natural 

 History — Birth of Calf — Habits of Hinds and Calves 

 and Stags — The Rutting Season — Belling — Fighting... 14 



CHAPTER III. 

 Of the Stag's Head. 



Growth at Different Ages, Size, and Points — Some Big 

 Heads — Scottish and other Heads — The Three- 

 horned Stag — Record of Heads in 1902 ... ... 27 



CHAPTER IV. 

 Of the Harbourer. 



Harbouring — How it is Carried Out — The Tokens of a 

 Warrantable Stag ... ... ... ... ... 47 



CHAPTER V. 

 Of Tufting. 



How it is Carried Out — Drawing with the Pack — What 

 Hounds are Used — More Expeditious Methods now 

 than of Old by Stricter Adherence to all Principles — 

 Deer Lying Close — Singling a Deer from the Herd on 

 the Forest ... ... ... ... ... ... 62 



