Antlers 



30 inches, and anything at 40 inches is good. The 

 average height at the shoulder of this deer is 

 54 inches, the length 6 feet 6 inches, and the 

 weight 500-700 lbs. 



MOTHER AND YOUNGSTER 



Have you ever noticed what a ' high-stepper ' 

 a doe sambhar is when she is alarmed, but is not 

 quite sure where the danger comes from or what 

 it really is ? And have you noted the absurd 

 manner in which a youngster copies its mother ? 



I was out on a broad fire-line in the forest one 

 morning in April. It was light, but the sun had 

 not yet topped the low forest-crowned hill to my 

 right. Going up a rise quite silently, we suddenly 

 came to an abrupt halt as a doe sambhar emerged 

 from the forest on the far side, and half crossed the 

 line. She then spotted a slight movement, probably 

 on our part, but could not clearly make out what it 

 was. She stopped on the instant and stood like 

 stone for a minute or so, and then uttered a short , 

 sharp bark with a note half of fear, half of interro- 

 gation in it. No result ! The lady became an- 

 noyed and restive, and then commenced that high- 

 stepping that I have alluded to, the ears being 

 kept forward and the scut erected in the air. She 

 raised first one fore-leg and then the other, curved 

 and bent almost up to her chest in the most ap- 

 proved fashion of the London high-stepper park 

 horse. As a leg was lowered it was set down with 



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