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A HISTORY OF DERBYSHIRE century some of the wild red deer took re- fuge in the woods of Foremarke where they survived for several years (Nat. Hist, of Staf- ford, p. 249). Most of the Peak Forest deer are said to have perished in a great snow about the beginning of the seventeenth century (Glover, i. 132). Mr. J. Whitaker in 1892 estimated the numbers of the three herds as follows : Chatsworth 6 1 Average weight of stag 238 lb., hind 182 Ib. Hardwick Park 22 Average weight of stag 196 Ib., hind 154 lb. Calke Abbey 30 Average weight of stag Z35lb. (ma*. 280 lb., min. 190 lb.), hind no lb. A few hybrids between the red deer and wapiti are also kept at Osmaston Manor, descendants of a herd of twenty of the latter species imported from British Columbia by Sir P. Walker. 33. Fallow Deer. Cervus dama, Linn. At the present time there are about twelve herds of fallow deer in different parts of Derbyshire. The following particulars are extracted from Mr. J. Whitaker's work on deer parks : Name of Park Extent : acres No. of fallow deer Chatsworth .... I2OO 140 Hardwick Park 70O 2OO Sudbury Park .... 6l S 70 Kedleston Park . . . S20 3OO Bretby Park .... 450 I8 5 Calke Abbey .... 327 4OO Locko Park .... about 300 200 Sutton Scarsdale . 260 8oIOO Alderwasley Park . 194 80-90 Drakelowe Park . '75 I 60 Alfreton Park .... about 1 60 5 Stanton-in-the-Peak Park H4 7 o> A few are also kept at Ashgate House, Chesterfield. The Stanton herd consists entirely of the black variety. At the present time the largest herd is that at Calke Abbey, but twenty years ago the Kedleston herd were nearly 600 strong. The finest bucks are those from Locko Park which average 115 lb., but the heaviest killed at Calke Abbey weighed 125 lb. No doubt many of these herds are de- scended from the wild fallow deer which existed in the Peak Forest, Sherwood Forest and Needwood Forest. 1 Black variety. 158