neck by falling down some rocks, she was then looking ragged and is good feeding and shelter ; a large stock of deer, stags and hinds, now frequent this place, and those of the best quality. th h- T th P opportunity to die of old age, dead hinds with missing teeth stags with missing teeth, and to kill stags in that state, as well One of these hinds had very peculiar ears, she was rather tame (continued.) Husk Parasite The husk parasite cuts off some hinds, the severer frosts Age of Hinds with a good calf at her side. In November, 1889, she broke her largely the top shoots of long heather. Jura heather will not mouth must promote longevity. generally keep fresh when it is long. Mainland deer scrape the This bit of ground was cleared of the Laird's stock, 1878. on the mainland perhaps kill these germs, and here deer in practically is no snow. We believe stags to be more liable to Twenty-two years ago an observant watcher commenced to husk than are hinds, but we are not sure of this. never kill old hinds. Although hinds here have most abundant live longer than stags. The death per centage for hinds is only as with the whole of their front teeth missing. A complete are not very common, whereas it is very common to find dead reside at a place (near the Free Church) where deer were then and was seen constantly. Twenty-two years ago she was a large hind snow with their feet to get at the long heather. In Jura there very scarce, perhaps three or four hinds frequented the place, it one per hundred larger than that of stags in face of the fact that we winter eat closer to the ground than on mainland, where they eat