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head quite so massive. This grand head was obtained by the late Sir Victor Brooke from 
Mr. Thomas Grove, the fishmonger in Charing Cross, but unfortunately no record was kept 
of the park from which it came. 
Occasionally the back points become unusually elongated, particularly if the tops have 
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A HEAD IN THE ARMOURY, DRUMMOND CASTLE, OF REMARKABLE LENGTH AND SPAN 
not properly developed. In Mr. Whitaker’s head, from Ashton Park, there has been an 
injury to the right horn on the anterior margin, and this has caused an added amount of horn- 
The head on the right is quite perfect in every way. It was bought by the late Sir Victor Brooke from Grove, the fishmonger, but its locality is unknown. 
growth to go into the back point, which is 7 inches long and 2-f- inches in circumference. 
There are two fine heads in the servants’ hall at Warnham Court, which carry on both horns 
particularly long back points, measuring 7^ and 8 inches respectively. 
In spite of the enormous number of fallow deer in this country, we hardly ever see a 
buck’s head which has suffered from an injury and then thrown out curious snags and bifurca¬ 
tions from all sorts of queer places, as is frequently the case with red deer, and commonly so 
