AUSTRIA 



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PRESENTING THE TWIG 



space prevents me speaking of more than one, viz. "presenting- the 



twig," as might be translated the custom illustrated by a good 



photograph. After a stag is killed, the keeper takes off 



his hat and lays on it a small twio- of fir or pine (for ^ ^ 



■' & I \ Custom. 



chamois a twig of the Latchen is taken) which has 

 been drawn over the bullet-hole in the hart's body, and thus presents 

 it to the sportsman, be he master or guest, who has brought down 

 the beast. 



The stag in the picture is an unusually large one for the Alps. 

 It was killed by Count Bardeau (who is dressed in the national 



