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THE STAG, OR RED DEER. 



STAG, OR RED DEER. Cervus B'laphus. 



The great speed of the Stag is proverbial, and needs no mention. It is an admirable 

 swimmer, having been known to swim for a distance of six or seven miles, and in one 

 instance a Stag landed in the night upon a beach which he could not have reached 

 without having swum for a distance of ten miles. The gallant beast was discovered by 

 some dogs as he landed, and being chased by them immediately after his fatiguing 

 aquatic exploit, was overcome by exhaustion, and found dead on the following morning. 



