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throws it over his shoulders, the jerk de- 

 taching the fragment he holds between his 

 teeth, and which is the only portion he 

 touches. He takes but one bite at each 

 turnip, casting the remainder aside in this 

 way, and his course can be traced from one 

 side of the field to the other by the turnips 

 pulled and thrown away after his snatch. 

 In this disdainful manner he damages far 

 more than he actually eats. Hinds eat the 

 turnip down into the ground as a sheep 

 would. 



A herd of stacrs or hinds getting into 

 a turnip-field will eat broad patches and 

 paths about it. If it is a small field they 

 may destroy every root, and many a farmer 

 visiting his field in the morning has found 

 that every turnip in it has been pulled up 

 and pitched aside by stags in the night. Of 

 potatoes, again, they are very fond, and get 

 at them by scraping away the earth with 

 their fore feet, or slots, eagerly eating the 

 potatoes thus laid bare. Carrots attract them 



