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follows the brow-tine, and, under all circumstances, originates from the first 

 bend of the main beam. The trez-tine remains invariably in the principal direc- 

 tion, which is at the base turned forwards and to the outer side in a curved line, 



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RED DEER ANTLERS AT VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT. 



(Ths lower figure shows a tuberosity indicating the position of the bez-tine.) 



rising at the point, and turning towards the inner side. Between the trez-tine 

 and the brow-tine, a little closer to the latter on a sharp edge, is the second brow- 

 tine, or bez-tine. This is at first only very slightly developed, being sometimes 

 indicated merely by a swelling or tuberosity on the sharp and smooth edge of the 

 main stem, and it never reaches the size of the brow and trez tines, midway 



