JOi OF DEER. 



A hart can naturally swim a great way, in- 

 somuch that I have heard of some so sore 

 hunted in forests next the sea, that they have 

 plunged into it/ and have been killed by fish- 

 ermen six miles from land. It is reported of 

 them when they go to rut, and must for that 

 purpose cross some great river, or arm of the 

 sea, they assemble in large herds, the strongest 

 goes in first, and the next in strength follows 

 him, and so one after the other, relieving 

 themselves by staying their heads on the but- 

 tocks of each other. When they mew, or 

 cast their heads, it is said they hide them in 

 the earth so cunningly that no one was ever 

 yet heard of that had been found. 



The hart goes to feed in a copse, and al- 

 ways takes the wind, endeavouring thereby 

 to scent out some person he fears may an- 

 noy him. 



The hind commonly carries her calf about 

 nine months, which usually falls in May, al- 

 though sometimes later; some of them have 



