THE DEER KIND. 31 



perceiving the head (which is all that the hunter, who is himfelf con- 

 cealed, difcovers) advances, the company then rife, furround, and often 

 take him alive. 



There are very few varieties in the red deer of this country. But in 

 different parts of the world, they differ in form, fize, horns, and colour. 



The Corfican ftag is a very fmall animal, not above half the fize of 

 ours. His body is fhort and thick, his legs fhort, and his hair a dark 

 brown. 



In the forefts of Germany is a kind of ftag, named by the ancients 

 the Tragelaphus, which the natives call the Bran, or Brown Deer ; is 

 of a darker colour than the common ftag, of a lighter fliade upon the 

 belly, and long hair upon the neck and throat, by which it appears 

 bearded, like the goat. The Hippelaphus is of the fame race. 



The Axis (of Pliny), between the ftag and the fallow deer, is a beau- 

 tiful ftag inhabiting the banks of the Ganges, Ceylon and Java j are very 

 tame, and, though they readily eat bread, will refufe a piece that has 

 been breathed on. 



Although there are but few varieties of the deer kind, yet the deer 

 feems generally diffufed over the earth. America produces ftags, 

 and deer. The Mexicans have a breed of white ftags in their 

 parks, which they call Stags Royal. The Americans are faid to 

 have brought the ftag to the fame domeftic tamenefs as our ftieep, goats, 

 or cattle. They fend them forth in the day-time to feed in the forefts j 

 and at night they return home with the herdfman who guards them.. 



THE FALLOW DEER. 



^l^HE flag and the fallow deer are alike in form, in difpofition, in 

 j^ the furniture of their heads, in fwiftnefs and timidity; yet 

 they never herd together, or form a mixed breed ; and where the ftag is 

 common, the buck feems a ftranger. The fallow deer are lefs robuft, 

 and favage than the ftag ; are, in general, bred in parks, and kept for 

 their venifon. The horns of the buck are broad and palmated j whereas 

 thofe of the ftag are in every part round; they are flied yearly and take 

 the ufual tim.e for repairing. The fallow deer is eafily tamed, and feeds 

 upon many things which the ftag refufes. By this means it preferves its 

 venifon better. The doe goes with young above eight months, common- 

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