NATURAL HISTORY. 



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DA MA. (Lat. a Deer.} 



Vulgaris (Lat. common), the Fallow-deer. 



The FALLOW-DEER are usually seen in parks, where they 

 congregate in large herds, and form a most pleasing addition 

 to the landscape when they are seen reposing under the trees, 

 or chasing one another in graceful play. One peculiarly 

 large buck always takes the lead, and suffers none but a few 

 favourite does to approach his regal presence. They soon 

 become familiar with those who treat them with kindness, 

 and will eat from their hands. At Magdalen College, Oxford, 

 where there are some of these deer, it used to be a common 

 practice to let down a crust of 

 bread by a string from one of 

 the windows that overlooked the 

 park. The deer would speedily 

 approach, and it was singular to 



HAIR OF DEER. 



see how they would take a large crust in their little mouths, 

 and continue to bite it until they contrived to eat the whole 

 of it without once letting it drop. 



