Jungle By -Ways in India 



always loiter out, the stags coming last, and often 

 taxing one's patience severely. . 



I have noticed also that a barasingha herd is 

 often led by the largest stag, which is also unusual, 



The old Barasingha stag led the way. 



for the large stag of the chitul generally in my 

 experience stalks out majestically by himself, 

 some time after his harem have got well out into 

 the open and begun to graze. 



Not so the barasingha. The old stag in the 

 herd I watched proudly led the way, and when well 



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