The Fallow Deer. 159 



THE FALLOW DEER. (Germs dama.) 



THESE are the Deer now usually kept in our parks. The 

 beautifully spotted kind are said to have been brought 

 from Bengal, and the very deep brown from Norway by 

 King James I. Their horns are broad and flat ; the male 

 is called a buck, the female a doe, and the young one a 

 fawn. The buck casts his horns every spring, and they 

 increase in size annually till he has attained his fifth 

 year. The venison of this Deer is very far superior to 

 that of the red deer, which is coarse and tough. The 

 buck-skin and doe-skin are well known, as furnishing a 

 peculiarly soft and warm leather, which is used for 

 gloves, gaiters, &c. The horns are used for the handles 

 of knives, &c., like those of the stag ; and the refuse is, 

 in the like manner, used in the manufacture of ammonia. 

 The buck stands about three feet high, and measures 

 about five feet in length ; the doe is somewhat smaller. 

 The tail is much longer than either that of the stag or 

 the roebuck, being nearly seven inches and a half long. 



