MAMMALS-LAW OF BATTLE. 



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and several men tried to rescue him, the stag "never raised his 

 "head from the ground; in fact, he kept his face almost flat on 

 "the ground, with his nose nearly between his fore feet, except 

 "when he rolled his head to one side to take a new observation 



Fig. 64. 



Strepsioeros Kudu (from Sir Andrew Smith's 'Zoology of 

 South Africa'). 



"preparatory to a plunge." In this position the ends of the horns 

 were directed against his adversaries. "In rolling his head he 

 "necessarily raised it somewhat, because his antlers were so long 

 "that he could not roll his head without raising them on one side, 

 "while, on the other side, they touched the groimd." The stag 



