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name. See, I can put my finger on the 

 picture without looking at the print- 

 ing ! " 



'■ Bravo ! Xow we come to the Deer 

 family itself ; all of its members wear 

 antlers of solid hone — bone with no 

 hollows in it, or marrow like the other 

 bones of the Deer. See how many dif- 

 ferent shapes we find among these antlers. 

 Look first at one thing — the enlarged 

 knot or burr where the antler branches 

 from the head. ' 



" Yes, I see," said Olive ; •• it is rough, 

 and s\\'ells out something like a joint. 

 .._^ It looks as if the antler were 



1 fastened on there." 



" This is the place where 

 the old one separates when it 

 ripens and falls off, and where 

 the new antler sprouts." 



" Does it bleed and hurt 

 the Deer, the way it does to 

 have a tooth out ? " asked 

 Dodo, who had recently slied 

 her two upper front teeth. 



•' That depends upon how 

 read)' the antlers are to fall. 

 If they are quite dry and 

 ripe, they separate easily and 

 bleed very little ; but if they 

 are knocked off by a blow, 

 jiijsK Ox. <ir torn from their sockets 



