The Female, thus filled, never keepeth company jt- 

 gain with the Male until (he is delivered of her bur- 

 then, which is eight months ■, and but one at a time, 

 feldom two, which (he lodgeth cunningly in feme 

 Covert: \i (lie perceive them ftubborn and wilde, 

 {he will beat ihem with her Feet till they lie clofe and 

 quiet. 



Oftentimes (he leadeth forth her young, teaching it ts 

 run and leap over bu(hes, flones, and fmall (hrubsi and 

 fo continueth all the Summer long, while their own 

 ftjfength is mol\ confiderable. 



• It is very pleafant to obferve them when they go to 

 Ruir^iand make their Vaut. For when they fmell the 

 Hindti they raife their Nofe up into the Air, looking 

 aloft, as though they gave thanks to the God of Na- 

 ture, who gave them fo great delight and pleafure. 

 i\nd if it be a great Hart^ he will turn his Head and 

 look about to fee whether there be none near to inter- 

 lupt or fpoil his fport. Hereat the young fly away for 

 fear : but if there be any of equal bigncfs, they then 

 ihive which (hall Vaut firll i and in the oppoling each o- 

 ther, they fcrape the ground with their Feet, Ihocking 

 and butting each other fo furioufly, that you (hall hear 

 the noife they make with their Horns a good half mile, 

 fo long, till one of them is Vidor. The Hinde behold- 

 ing this Pallime, never itirs from her ftation, expcdting, 

 as it were, the Vauting of him who hath theMaftery » 

 and having got it, he bellows, and then inftantly covers 

 her. 



During the time of their Rut, they eat but very lit- 

 tle ', for they feed onely on what they fee before them, 

 minding more the track of the Hindes. Their chief 

 meat is the red Mufhrome, which helps them to evacuate 

 their Grcafe : they are then extraordinary hot, infb- 

 inuch, that every where as they pafs and find waters, 

 4htv tumble and lie therein, 



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