THE RED DEER'S HOME 



extended to them. Mr. R. Lydekker has suggested 

 that the Westmorland deer are not truly wild, 

 because a few of their number receive a little hay in 

 winter. But he is quite mistaken. The deer of 

 Scottish forests often receive similar aid in hard 

 times, but no one calls them tame deer on that 

 account. It was always usual to feed the red deer 

 in the royal forests of England. The cost of sup- 

 plying hay to large herds, such as that of Windsor 

 Forest, was often very considerable. Thus in 1691, 

 the hay required for the deer at Windsor Forest cost 

 6o/., in addition to 1,7507. expended in feeding the 

 deer in Windsor New Park. 



Our public records abound in interesting notes 

 about both red and fallow deer. The six head of 

 deer introduced to Martindale did remarkably well. 

 Some of the hinds took the stag when two years and 

 -a half old, dropping their calves in the following 

 summer. They soon mingled freely with the 

 English hinds. As for the young stag, he became 

 the owner of a seraglio in due course ; indeed he 

 was a master stag when I had the honour of making 

 his acquaintance for the first time. He was not of 

 quite the same colour as the Martindale stags, 

 but turned out a heavy, well- furnished animal, with 

 a nice head. He succumbed to the hardships of 



