The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen
"...Having one day spent all my shot, i found myself unexpectedly in presence of a stately stag, looking at me as unconcernedly as if he had known of my empty pouches.
I charged immediately with powder, and upon it a good handful of cherry-stones, for I had sucked the fruit as far as the hurry would permit. Thus I let fly at him, and hit him just on the middle of the forehead, between his antlers; it stunned him-- he staggered-- yet he made off.
A year or two after,
being with a party in the same forest, i beheld a noble stag with a fine full grown cherry- tree above ten feet high between his antlers... "
I charged immediately with powder, and upon it a good handful of cherry-stones, for I had sucked the fruit as far as the hurry would permit. Thus I let fly at him, and hit him just on the middle of the forehead, between his antlers; it stunned him-- he staggered-- yet he made off.
A year or two after,
being with a party in the same forest, i beheld a noble stag with a fine full grown cherry- tree above ten feet high between his antlers... "
