300 COMMON ROE. 



We are also informed by Count Mellin, in a 

 letter to the Count de Buffon, that a race of coal 

 black Roes exists in a very small German district, 

 called the Forest of Lucia, in the dominions of 

 the King of England as Duke of Lunenberg. This 

 variety is said to be constant or permanent, and 

 in size and all other particulars, except colour, to 

 resemble the common kind. 



Mr. Pennant informs us that the Roebuck was 

 formerly very common in Wales, in the north of 

 England, and in Scotland, but that it no lopger 

 exists in any part of Britain, except in the Scottish 

 highlands. They first occur in the woods on tne 

 south side of Loch Rannoch, in Perthshire, and the 

 last that are found are in the woods of Langwal, 

 on the southern borders of Cathnefs ; but they are 

 most numerous in the beautiful forests of Iivcer- 

 cauld, in the midst of the Grampian hills. They 

 are unknown in Ireland. 



The common or general measure of the Roe is 

 three feet nine inches from nose to tail ; the 

 height before, two feet three inches ; but behind 

 two feet seven inches, and the tail is about one 

 inch long : the horns are about six or eight inches 

 long, and are strong, upright, rugged, and tri- 

 furcated : the general colour of the animal is 

 reddish brown, more or less deep in different in- 

 dividuals, and the rump is white. It is an inha- 

 bitant of most parts of Europe, as far as Norway ; 

 it also occurs in some parts of Asia, but is not 

 to be found in Africa. Whether it be a native 

 of America seems somewhat doubtful, though 



