INTRODUCTION 9 



mania and Hungary. Count Szechenyi's figures in connection with 



the antlers annually shown at the Budapest exhibition of 



Red Deer. 

 trophies are in excess of those quoted for the deer of 



any other country in Europe. In the Spanish article, however, we 

 find mention of a 33-pointer, and this again is surpassed by the 44- 

 pointer shot by the Emperor of Germany. The Hungarian antlers, by 

 the way, include none of over twenty-two points. Red deer are also 

 shot in the Orisons and elsewhere in Switzerland, where they seem, 

 thanks to timely protection, to be recovering from a threatened ex- 

 tinction. Lord Granville Gordon is naturally enthusiastic over deer 

 stalking in the Highlands, but in the rest of Northern Europe the 

 animal seems of slight account, save in a very few preserves. 



The finest roe antlers also seem to come from Russia, the iclik of 

 the Altai eivinsf a horn that measures over fifteen inches. Those 



of Roumania are also mentioned as exceptionally large, 



Roedeer. 

 and a fine series of photographs of roe horns will be 



found in the Hungarian article. The roebuck is a prime favourite in 

 all countries, and the largest bags seem to be made in Hungary, in- 

 stances of sixty-six selected old bucks in three days, and twenty in 

 one being given, with the rifle, of course, as the correct weapon. From 

 Portugal to Turkey, from Belgium to Spain, throughout the wooded 

 portions of Germany, and down in the Balkan provinces, the roe is in 

 great favour. 



With the exception of the aforementioned ibex preserved on the 

 southern spurs of the Alps by the King of Italy, and of 

 the magnificent specimens bagged in the Caucasus, 

 Greece and Spain must be regarded as the homes of this coveted 



