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" looks sucli a remarkably pretty creature, elegant and lady-like, 

 " so to speak, in its actions, that it seems almost a pity to shoot 

 " the poor little thing. On a closer inspection, however, it will be 

 " found to have a somewhat repulsive countenance, from two dark 

 " lines down each cheek, which, added to a tuft of black hair above 

 " the eyes, gives the face of the female rather a ferocious aspect, 

 " but not indicative of its character, which is that of excessive 

 " timidity ; and so thoroughly frightened does it become, when 

 " chased by dogs or men, that instances have been known of its 

 " being actually caught uninjured by rushing into the arms of the 

 "beaters ; at times, however, it does bear out its appearance of 

 " ferocity, the buck being armed with long canine teeth in the 

 " upper jaw, with which it has been known, when wounded, to 

 " lacerate severely and dangerously the dogs that attacked it. Like 

 " the Roebuck of Europe, it is exceedingly cunning when hunted 

 " by dogs ; squatting suddenly at the edge of a wood, it lets the 

 " hounds run almost over it without moving, then suddenly rushing 

 "back, it breaks away on the opposite side of the sholah, and thus 

 " often escapes. It is a difficult animal to shoot ; at any rate, I 

 " have found it so, for oft-times have I missed the little creature, in 

 " its rush from one sholah to another at lightning speed ; and it is 

 " decidedly difficult to stalk in the open. When feeding, it generally 

 " keeps pretty close to a wood, bounding to the cover when aware of 

 " any danger ; sometimes when shot at and missed, it rushes away, 

 " keeping up a succession of its hoarse cries, as if to intimidate its 

 " pursuer. I have mentioned, in a former letter, the difficulty of 

 " distinguishing the several intonations of the peculiar " bell'' of the 

 " samber, and it is the same with this animal ; whether the bark 

 " or roar be that intimating danger and alarm, or the simple call of 

 " one sex to the other, or the mother to its young, is unknown, and 

 " quite undistinguishable to the human ear. These deer are seldom 

 " seen, except in pairs. Very generally they are solitary ; three 

 " have been now and then met with, supposed to be the two parents 

 11 with a young one. They are never in flocks like the ibex, or 

 " spotted deer. I have before alluded to the extraordinary power 

 " of communication of alarm, without any outward or visible sign 

 " observable, possessed by animals in their wild state ; this is to be 

 " noticed in the simultaneous rise of a covey of partridges, or 



