VIGNETTES FROM NATURE, 



I. 



FALLOW DEER. 



UNDER the great horse-chestnut trees irr- 

 Woolney Park the broad circle of shade is 

 now pleasant enough to attract the does and 

 fawns of the fallow deer, who lie in pretty 

 groups upon the grass, or stray about, brow- 

 sing, beneath the heavy boughs thick with 

 scented blossom. To-day I have brought out 

 a few scraps of bread in my pocket, and the 

 fawns are tame enough to come and eat it 

 from my hand on the open ; for they have 

 less fear of man here than in any other place 

 I know of, except perhaps in the Magdalen 



