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being repeatedly vanquished/ the weaker party is 

 obliged to leave the conquerors in possession of the 

 disputed territory. The fallow deer goes eight months 

 with young, comes to perfection in three years, and 

 lives about twenty. There are many varieties of the 

 fallow deer. In* England we have two sorts : the 

 spotted, supposed to have been brought from Bengal, 

 and the deep brown, originally introduced from Nor- 

 way into this country, by King James the First. The 

 deer, in its diiferent varieties, is a race of animals ex- 

 tensively diffused, and appears to be spread over al- 

 most every part of the globe. The new world, \\here 

 neither the sheep, the goat, nor the gazelle, were ori- 

 ginally bred, is known to have been the native abode 

 of the deer. The whole continent of America abounds 

 with stags and other animals of the deer kind, in al- 

 most all their varieties ; and in some parts, the inha- 

 bitants have domesticated them, and find a rich sup- 

 ply of food in the miik and cheese which they pro- 

 duce. Thus the same animal, which, in some coun- 

 tries, contributes only to the amusement of man, is in 

 another converted to his use, u;id s .p plies his wants. 

 This shews the d illusive bounty of the Creator, in 

 rendering the stores cf nature so various and abundant, 

 that necessity, if aided by industry and skill, is never 

 at a loss for resources. 



THE ROEBUCK 



Is the smallest of the deer kind. Though formerly 

 common, the breed is nearly extinct in this country ; 

 but in the mountainous parts of Scotland it yet 

 abounds. The form of this animal is elegant, and its 

 agility astonishing : it bounds seeming y without ef- 

 fort, and runs with great s^eed : in courage it is at 

 least equal to the stag, and us subtle artifices, when 

 hunted, afe proofs of its canning : if turns repeatedly, 

 till it has, by its various zig-zags, entirely confused 

 the scent. The crafty- animai thus confounds the 

 dogs, until they are completely bewildered. Tfie 

 roebucks do not associate in .herds, like other deer, 

 but live in separate tribes. 

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