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[> again, tossing their heads in a menacing manner. 

 On a sudden they make a full stop, at the distance of 

 forty or fifty yards, and look wildly at the object of 

 their surprize ; but on the least motion, they all gal- 

 lop off again with equal speed, but not to the same 

 distance, forming a smaller circle ; and again re- 

 turning, with a bolder and more threatening aspect 

 than before, they approach much nearer, probably 

 within thirty yards, when they make another stand, 

 and again gallop off. This they do several times, 

 shortning their distance, till they come within a few 

 yards, when it is generally thought prudent to leave 

 them, as, if they were further provoked, they would 

 probably in a few turns more make an attack. 



It was formerly a practice, occasionally to hunt a 

 bull from among this herd ; of which notice being 

 given, the inhabitants of the neighbourhood assem- 

 bled, sometimes to the number of a hundred horse- 

 men, and four or five hundred foot, all armed with 

 guns or other weapons. But from the number of ac- 

 cidents which happened, this dangerous mode hat 

 been little practised of late years, the park-keeper 

 alone generally killing them with a rifle-gun at one 

 shot. 



When the cows of this herd calve, they hide their 

 young in some sequestered place, and go to suckle 

 them two or three times a day. The calves, if any 

 person comes near them, clap their heads close to the 

 ground, and lie like a hare in form. This seems a 

 proof of the wildness of their nature; of which, the 

 following instance is likewise given : Dr. Fuller, au- 

 thor of the History of Berwick, found a calf hidden 

 by its mother only U\o days old, very lean and weak. 

 On his stroking its head, it got up, pawed two or 

 three times like an old bull, bellow eci very loud, went 

 back a few steps, and bolted at his legs' with all its 

 force : it then began to paw again, bellowed, stepped 

 back, and bolted as before. But bein^ aware of it* 

 intentions, he moved aside, it missed its aim, fell, and 

 was so very weak, that, though it made several ef- 

 forts, it was not able to rise. It, however, had dout 

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