DEER. Class I. 



ced themfelves in : but as this pretence was fre- 

 quently ufed to colled their vaiTals for rebellious 

 purpofes, an ad: was pafled prohibiting any aflem- 

 blies of this nature. Stags are likewife met with on 

 the moors that border on Cornwal and Devonjhire^ 

 and in Ireland on the mountains of Kerry ^ where 

 they add greatly to the magnificence of the roman- 

 tic fcenery of the lake of Killarny, 



The (lags of /r^/^;/^ during its uncultivated (late, 

 and while it remained an almoft boundlefs tradt 

 of forefl:, had an exad agreement in habit, with 

 thofe that range at prefent through the wilds of 

 America. They were lefs in body, but very fat -, 

 and their horns of a fize far fuperior to thofe oi Eu- 

 rope^ but in form agreed in all points. Old Gi- 

 raldiis fpeaks with much precifion of thofe of Ire- 

 land^ Cervos pr^ nmia pingtiedine minus fugere pr^eva- 

 lentes^ quanta minores funt corporis quantitate^ tanto 

 pracellentius efferuntur^ capitis et cornuum dignitate *. 



We have in England two varieties of fallow-deer 

 which are faid to be of foreign origin : The beau- 

 tiful fpotted kind, and the very deep brown fort, 

 that are now fo common in feveral parts of this 

 kingdom. Thefe were introduced here by king 



* Topogr, Hiberni<ie. c. 19. Lanv/on in his hillory of Caro^ 

 lina^. 123, mentions the fatnefs of t\iQ American iizgSt and 

 their inferiority of fize to the European. I have often {^QXi 

 their horns, which vailly exceed thofe of our country in 

 fize, and number of antlers. 



James 



