would be 27 knobbers count was 28 knobbers. calves 355 Forest count of hinds 957 1890 Forest hornless Deer. t hj n k t h e re sult comes out two-thirds hinds (i year old and above). Take say 37 calves to result from each 100 hinds, in II hornless Deer. 1430 count of hornless deer, classed very nearly as above. For knobbers, we classing I n a general count of all hornless beasts, all over the place, we Same date we estimate Feb., 1890. Take one-third of these calves and consider that If the Forest escapes heavy mortality it would seem that the Forest Stock to be the number of knobbers. , ,. ..... of Deer is the mortality of stags from an early age may be slightly in The sexes appear to be equally divided at birth, but we fancy 1 8 knobbers. i, 430 of them. Also female. i $9$ hinds and hind calves 1593 females. male sex. 759 sta g s > T 7 knobbers, and 247 stag calves **s* males. day is not distant when it will contain as many deer as it approaching excess of that of hinds. take Jrd of these calves tested Largy by count ; by our method of reckoning there We therefore conclude there were on Forest, Feb. 1890 1,430