Fallow Deer 



The brow-point of the attacking buck struck the palmation of 

 the horn of the first buck. This was a very neat parry, worthy of 

 a good fencer. 



Fallow deer are very inquisitive, and anything likely to do them 

 harm should be put out of their way ; they are very apt, for instance, 

 to get old sacking on their horns, when they become frightened, 

 and may in consequence hurt themselves seriously. I have known, 

 for example, a buck get a round towel (such as is hung on a 

 roller) twisted round his horns, and then start galloping till he 

 caught his hind-legs in the towel and had several dreadful falls ; 

 each time he fell he got up again, and started galloping, and then 

 got entangled and fell once more. I thought he would have 

 killed himself; but he carried the towel on his head for days, and 

 was for some time very lame from his falls. 



I have also known a buck entangle his horns in a child's 

 swing, and then wind himself in the rope round the tree to which 

 it w^as fixed ; thereupon another buck, taking advantage of his 

 not being able to defend himself, immediately stabbed him, and 

 he was found dead, partly by strangling, and partly from the 

 other buck's horns. 



A curious incident of this nature happened in connection with 

 a lace curtain \vhich was hung out to dry. In the dusk of the 

 evening a buck got the curtain on his horns, so that it hung like 

 a bridal veil over his head. This frightened him, and he started 

 galloping, while the rest of the herd galloped away from him in 

 all directions. As he came down the park in the darkness, the 

 white veil was alone visible, and looked like a ghost flitting 

 about amongst the trees. 



