64 DEER-STALKING. 



very remarkable and wonderful construction, consisting 

 of a number of tightly packed layers of membrane, re- 

 sembling nothing so much in appearance and texture 

 as the sage green plush gowns sometimes to be seen on 

 aesthetic young ladies at the Grosvenor Gallery ; stalkers 

 call it the " monyplies," and if perfectly cleaned, a work 

 of much trouble, they say it is excellent eating, but 

 hitherto I have been content to take this statement 

 on trust. 



When cutting off the head of a stag that is con- 

 sidered worth setting up, insert the knife almost as low 

 down as the join of the neck and the body ; pass it 

 round the skin, and then turn it back and sever the 

 neck bone higher up. By doing this, the " Snowie " 

 you may select to send it to for preservation will have 

 an opportunity of setting up the head with a curve 

 to the neck, which shows it off to much greater 

 advantage. If you should happen to have a couple of 

 niches, one on each side of a fire-place or side-board, 

 this method of setting up is very desirable, as one head 

 can be turned to the right and the other to the left, 

 so that the two are looking towards each other, and 

 thus they are far more ornamental to a room. 



Spicer of Leamington, and Quartermain of Stratford- 

 on-Avon are both first class at this description of 

 work ; but wherever the head be sent to for preserv- 

 ation, do not forget to state which way the head is 

 to look. 



As soon as the " last scene " is over, and a deer is 

 cut up, the joints should be hung to diy ; should there 

 be no regular venison larder attached to the lodge, let 



