THE BEASTS OF THE FOREST 



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time of their disafforestation in the seventeenth century, only 

 red deer were found in the Peak Forest, and only fallow deer in 

 Duffield Frith. In the fifteenth century, the fallow deer were far 

 the most numerous in the forests of Essex, Northampton, 

 Wiltshire, Hampshire, and Dorset ; the proportions at later 

 dates are given in a subsequent section. 



The different names applied to both these species at different 

 ages of their growth are not a little confusing, and vary some- 

 what from forest to forest. The following table of terms, 

 denoting the age and sex of the red and fallow deer respec- 

 tively, somewhat altered from a table given by Mr. Turton 

 in his account of Pickering forest, will be found useful : 



