66 Deer Breeding for Fine Heads 



run before being taken ; a good run across country, hardly 

 once taking the road the whole time. 



She jumped better than any red deer, and was finally taken, 

 unhurt, in a pond, crying like a hare when caught. 



This was after she had produced a calf, which was born in 

 this small wood on Christmas Day, but was killed by a dog 

 a few days afterwards. 



When I got her back I kept her with the wapiti deer in 

 their enclosure ; and she got on very well with them, the big 

 stag taking quite a fancy to her. 



When the big stag was shot and a younger stag put in to 

 take his place, the latter began to bully and finally to hurt the 

 axis, so I was obliged to have her removed. 



As she was now old, I let her run amongst the fallow and 

 sika deer in the park ; when she did not seem inclined to break 

 bounds any more, having become very fat, as will be evident 

 from the photograph. 



She ran all this rutting-season with the sika in preference to 

 the fallow deer, one -sika stag having her in his harem of five 

 or six hinds. She has since died of old age without calving. 



