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present moment, but the hounds have never been able 

 to find him. 



Of the results of external injuries other than to the 

 horn itself, and exclusive of those mentioned above, it 

 may be well to mention one or two instances. A crippled 

 stag was killed in February, 1880, with but one horn. 

 Injuries not specified, but probably broken legged. 

 Another, a very old stag, was found in October, 1881, 

 with one hind leg broken off short below the hock, the 

 stump healed over, and the injury evidently done many 

 years before. He, too, had but one horn. In July of 

 the same year a young male deer was found with the 

 near hind leg broken. The off horn was imperfectly 

 developed and distorted. Yet another crippled stag 

 was found in December, 1883. He had, apparently, 

 fallen over the cliffs, for he was terribly injured, but 

 whether before or since he grew his last pair of horns 

 is not known. He carried both horns, one perfect 

 enough, the other curiously twisted inwards and down- 

 wards, but not, strictly speaking, imperfect. In fact, 

 injuries would seem to tend to make horns droop, if 

 they do not check their growth altogether. 



The other signs which help to decide a deer's 

 age are the teeth, the slot, and the size of the body. 

 Red deer of both sexes have, up to the age of four, 



