is no possible doubt of his identity. He passed two years as a an arm-chair, ordinary hill stag, of no merit. There are many stags that never beyond what are destroyed. Three causes work together to The Ross-shire hind died calving in the month of October. to render him bullet proof. His mother is also very tame. There. head, an odd reason, some will think. In 1890 this old fellow records, while only 77 were found during the last 2 5 In 1889 we let off an old lean stag because he had a good had decidedly improved, both in body and head. He is easily (1) The births of stags are expanding every year. Increase of (2) Stags' deaths have been much less for last 5 years than judgment is much easier than hill-judgment. known by his head, four points on one top, three on the other six years. this end (3) There is much less " faded material " on the ground than Ross-shire hind ; he is very tame, and one ear has been cut short We have a three year old stag with six points, a grandson of a good tines. grow larger than a fairly good 5 year old animal. Arm-chair Even old wasted stags play us tricks. A considerable increase of Forest stags must now be going on, knobber instead of one year, and then threw out six points. A formerly. On the Forest we found 160 dead stags during the first five years, of which we have death somewhat awkward fact for the cock-sure division of observers.