. Records of stag-hunting on Exmoor. STAG, HIND, AND CALF. 113 upright horn, from six to eight inches in length, withbrow antler. At four we find the animal bearing thespire about fourteen inches long with brow and five years old the bay is added to the points foundon the four-year-old deer (not invariably, however, forin some stags the bay is never thrown out, and inothers it is found on one horn only) and two points orcrockets on the top of one horn. At six the stag hashis rights, and two on top of each horn; at seven thesame, with two on top of one and three on top ofthe other horn
. Records of stag-hunting on Exmoor. STAG, HIND, AND CALF. 113 upright horn, from six to eight inches in length, withbrow antler. At four we find the animal bearing thespire about fourteen inches long with brow and five years old the bay is added to the points foundon the four-year-old deer (not invariably, however, forin some stags the bay is never thrown out, and inothers it is found on one horn only) and two points orcrockets on the top of one horn. At six the stag hashis rights, and two on top of each horn; at seven thesame, with two on top of one and three on top ofthe other horn ; at eight the same, with three on topof both horns. After the age of seven or eight yearsthe alteration in the horn becomes less marked than itwas before that age. Generally speaking, however,the beam or main horn increases in size and length asthe deer grows older; the horn becomes wider in itsspread, and more serrated and gnarled on its surface;the points or rights become longer, and in some veryold stags the top of the beam spre
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