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The professors in every art take a pleasure in thus 

 employing a language known only to themselves, 

 and thus accumulate words which to the ignorant 

 have the appearance of knowledge. In this man- 

 ner, the stag is called the first year a calf, or hind 

 calf; the second year, a Jmobber ; the third, a 

 brock ; the fourth, a staggard ; the fifth, a stag ; 

 the sixth, a hart. The female is called a hind ; 

 the first year she is a calf; the second, a hearse ; 

 the third, a hind. This animal is said to harbour 

 in the place where he resides. When he cries, 

 he is said to bell ; the print of his hoof is called 

 the slot ; his tail is called the single ; his excre- 

 ment thefumet; his horns are called his head ; 

 when simple, the first year they are called broches; 

 the third year, spears ; the fourth year, that part 

 which bears the antlers is called the beam, and 

 the little impressions upon its surface, glitters ; 

 those which rise from the crust of the beam are 

 called pearls. The antlers also have distinct names : 

 the first that branches off is called the antler; the 

 second, the sur-antler ; all the rest which grow 

 afterwards, till you come to the top, which is call- 

 ed the crown, are called royal antlers. The little 

 buds about the tops are called croches. The im- 

 pression on the place where the stag has lain, is 

 called the layer. If it be in covert or a thicket, 

 it is called his harbour. When a deer has passed 

 into a thicket, leaving marks whereby his bulk 

 may be guessed, it is called an entry. When they 

 cast their heads, they are said to mew. When 

 they rub their heads against trees to bring off 

 the peel of their horns, they are said to fray. 



