them, And make them quit the place, that they may be 

 mafters of the fport. c^ 



They are eafily kill'd in Rutting time : for they fol- 

 low thefcent of the Hindes with fuch greeHjnefs, lay- 

 ing theiiNofes to the ground, that they mind that fole- 

 ly, and nothing elfe. 



They are fuch great lovers of the fport, it is very 

 dangerous for any man to come near them at this fea- 

 fon, for then they will make at any living cieature of 

 different kind. niiJaco o^ 



In fomc places, in O&ober their Luft arifeth, and atlb 

 in May ; and then, whereas at other times the Maleslive 

 apart from the Females, they go about like lafcivious 

 Lovers, feeking the company of their Females, as it were 

 at the Market of Fe«w. 



The Males in their raging defired Luft have a peculi- 

 ar noife, which the French call Reere, One Male will 

 cover a many Females, continuing in this carnal appe- 

 tite a month or two. The Females are chafte, and unwil- 

 ling to admit of Copulation, by reafon of the rigour of 

 the Male's Genital i and therefore they fink down on 

 their buttocks when they begin to feel his Seed, as it hath 

 been often obferved in tame Harts •-, and if they can, the 

 Females run away, the Males ftriving to hold them back 

 within their fore-Feet. It cannot be well faid, that they 

 are covered ftanding, lying, or going, but rather running, 

 for fo are they hlled with greateft feveiity. When one 

 month or fix weeks is over of their Rutting, they grow 

 tamer by-much, and laying afide all fiercenels, they return 

 to their folitary places, digging every one by himfelf a fe- 

 Veral Hole or Ditch, wherein they lie, to alTwage the 

 ftrong favour of their Luft j for they ftink like Goats, and 

 their Face beginneth to look blacker than at other times : 

 and in thofe places they live till fome ShoWers diftil from 

 the Clouds > after which, they return to their Pafture a- 

 gain, living in Flocks as before, 



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