WOODMYTH & FABLE 



THE GREAT STAG^ 



E all know him well ; his* 

 existence is established 

 now as surely as that of 

 the sea-serpent or the big 

 fish that got off the hook — even better, 

 for many of us have seen him in broad 

 daylight and had a fair open view of his 

 noble form. And what a creature he is, 

 what a paragon of size and develop- 

 ment! One observer, who had an ex- 

 ceptionally good look at him, counted 

 twenty-seven tines on each antler. And 

 such antlers ! absolutely symmetrical and 

 perfect, in every way befitting his im- 

 mense stature and noble beauty. I am 

 sure it cannot be that he shed them 

 above once in twenty years, if at all. 

 Another equally reliable historian asserts 



' Copyright, 1891 , by Forest and Stream Publishing Company. 



