Mr. HERBERT LAZENBY, 
of York, who took the 
Photography ®°° oe Z 
__gunder anylng 
difficulties. p ho Oe 
eraph of a pair of Japan- 
ese Sika Deer in the 
zoological collection of 
the Rev. B. Hemsworth, 
at Monk Fryston Hall, 
Yorkshire, writes :—‘‘I 
was warned before 
entering the enclosure 
that the buck had a very 
nasty temper, and so 
events tured out. I 
had a rough interview 
with him. 
“The keeper who 
entered the enclosure 
with me had occasion 
to leave me for a few 
minutes, and I imme- 
diately observed the 
buck making for my 
direction in a very threatening attitude, which 
soon ended with a furious charge on his 
I received the charge with my tripod 
bayonet fashion, but the springs giving way 
part. 
Notes and Comments 
JAPANESE SIKA DEER, 
CAUCASIAN AND 
SIAMESE WATER BUFFALOES. — 
The keeper’s return 
115 
I was left unarmed. In 
the scuffle the strap of 
my camera case gave 
way, and the case 
fallng to the ground 
scattered my dark slides. 
The buck gave me no 
time to consider this 
turn of events, and not 
caring to leave my 
camera and plates at his 
mercy, I adopted the 
rather risky method of 
seizing his horns. This 
seemed to make him 
more furious than ever, 
and I was forced down 
the field with a rush. 
I began to fear that he 
was likely to cause me 
some serious injury, but 
thanks to a pair of strong 
wrists I found that I 
was gradually gaining 
the mastery over him. 
at this point set me at 
liberty with no further injury than the loss 
of several patches of skin from my hands 
caused by the roughness of the buck’s horns. 
