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or when satisfied his pursuer has departed, are 

 essential to successful deer-stalking. 



I cannot conclude these articles without refer- 

 ence to a " Supposed Hybrid Horse-Deer." The 

 following is a copy of my letter to The Field : 



" Having read with interest Mr. Tegetmeier's 

 note on the zebra-hybrid, I send you a description 

 of the above curious animal which appeared in 

 The Zoologist during the year 1860, and perhaps 

 some one may be able to inform me whether the 

 stuffed specimen is still in existence, and other 

 particulars relating to its history. 



"< Hybrid Horse-Deer,' December 9th, 1848. 

 This remarkable filly (seven months old) was found 

 a short time since in the New Forest, and is 

 evidently of a mixed breed between the horse 

 and the deer. Her mother, a pony-mare, was 

 observed to associate with some red stags in the 

 New Forest for some months, and at last this 

 foal was seen by her side. The nose shows a 

 proximity both to the stag and the horse ; her 

 forehead is round like that of a deer, legs slender 

 and distinct, hoofs pointed and partly double ; 

 colour, brown, lighter under the belly, and tail 

 like a deer. This extraordinary animal is the 

 property of T. G. Attwater, Esq., at Attwater, 



