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MAMMALIA. 
Deer striking with their Fore-feet.—I was surprised to find by the 
last two numbers of ‘ The Zoologist’ (pp. 897, 430) that it is considered 
anything out of the common that Deer should defend themselves with their 
fore feet—i.e¢., defend themselves from enemies not of their own kind, for 
the horns are, of course (during their season), the natural offensive and 
defensive weapons, at least among the male animals for fights inter se. 
When Mountain Lapps milk their herds of tame Reindeer, it is quite 
a common occurrence to see a doe, as soon as she feels the lasso round her 
horns, rear up on her hind legs, and strike out with her fore legs “ from 
the shoulder,” in a way worthy of a prize-fighter. Of course, in this case, 
they are debarred from the use of their horns by the lasso; but in stalking 
wild Reindeer, it chances occasionally that one stops an animal with a 
bullet somewhere too far aft, and it remains standing on all four legs, but 
allows one to come up with it. One has then to catch it by the horns, 
