22 NATURAL HISTORY OF THE RED DEER 



that his Majesty would take it kindly of me, I will 

 present him with ten brace of the best that I have.' 

 Three years later the Prince of Orange fetched over 

 one hundred and eight red deer for Windsor from 

 Germany. The animals were shipped in a vessel 

 called the 'Dorothy,' and landed at the Ship 

 Brewhouse Wharfe. The expense of shipping the 

 deer in question amounted to 1 1 y/. 4*. 6d. 



The Martindale deer had no change of blood, so 

 far as I can discover, until thirteen or fourteen years 

 ago, when Mr. Hasell sent his deerkeeper to obtain 

 half a dozen calves from a well-known forest on the 

 Scottish mainland. One stag calf and five hinds were 

 selected. These animals were taken up in August, 

 and sent over to Mr. Hasell's park of Dalemain, 

 near Penrith. There the young deer wintered. In 

 the following June they were conveyed to Martin- 

 dale and allowed to shift for themselves. But in 

 consideration of these deer having been fed in a 

 park the previous winter, Jackson prevailed upon 

 Mr. Hasell to cart some hay from Dalemain to 

 Martindale to assist the animals in severe weather. 

 The custom thus established has been continued 

 with good results. It must, however, be understood 

 that only a limited number of even the younger 

 animals partake of the temporary assistance thus 



