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the stags shed their horns as late as May ; the old 

 ones at the beginning, the young ones at the end 

 of that month. It is very rarely, however, that 



AN EXMOOR STAG. 



an old stag will carry his old antlers after the 

 beginning of May ; but a two-year-old deer will 

 do so for a month or two later. Both horns 

 are not always shed at the same time ; one 

 of them, perhaps, will be retained for a day or two 

 after the other. 



