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which the Red Deer refuse ; they likewise browse 

 closer, for which reason they are more prejudicial 

 to young trees. These they often strip in such 

 manner that they, cannot recover. The young 

 Deer eat faster, and with greater avidity, than the 

 old ones. 



The Does go with young about eight months, 

 and, in the beginning of June, produce one, some- 

 times two, and rarely three Fawns. These are 

 dropped in some retired place, among fern, or 

 other cover, and hidden from the observation of 

 the Buck, which would otherwise destroy them. 

 The Doe suckles them there for a little while, till 

 they are able to follow her. She feeds on some 

 adjacent spot, in order that, if they should be at- 

 tacked, she may immediately run to their pro- 

 tection. 



For the first year the young one is called, by the 

 park keepers, a Fawn, and during that time it has 

 no horns. The second year, if it be a MALE, it is 

 called a Pricket, and it has then horns four or five 

 inches in length, but terminated only by .a single 

 point. The next horns are longer; they are di- 

 vided at the top, and have a small antler at the bot- 

 tom. In this third year the animal is denominated 

 a Sorel; and in the ensuing year, when his horns 

 acquire a considerable addition both of length and 

 branches, a Sore. When he arrives at his fifth year, 

 he takes the name of Buck, and his horns are now 

 of their proper palmated form. In his sixth year 



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