94 THE NEW FOREST 



by his horns, had broken his neck. His super- 

 incumbent weight probably suffocated the under- 

 most deer quickly. But had this not happened, 

 they must surely have perished miserably from 

 starvation. The heads, locked together as they 

 were found, now hang in the Verderers' Hall at 

 the King's House. 



