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FOREST CEEATURES. 



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^ is now to be paid to the distance the 



i right and left footsteps are from each 

 other. Two imaginary lines, a, h, c, 

 and d, e,f, are to be drawn through 

 the traces made by the right and left 

 feet, and the farther those two parallel 



*^ lines are apart, the broader backed 

 and fatter will the stag prove to be. 

 (Schrank, or Schranken.) In a stag of 

 fourteen, in prime condition, these 

 lines may be 6^ or 6| inches apart. 



) 16. The length of the step, too, 



(Schritt), is important ; inasmuch as 

 the stag steps out further — takes a 

 longer step — than the hind. Thus a 

 young stag of six will step further 

 than a full OTown hind. This is a sure 

 sign, and to be depended on. It can 

 moreover be observed in any soil, and 

 is therefore a means of recognition 

 always available. What you are to 



» measure is the distance from the slot 

 left by one foot, to the nearest one in 

 advance of it. Thus, any of the lines 

 marked y z gives the length of step. 

 You are to include in your measure- 

 ment the length of the one slot ; in 



