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may abscond, being ashamed and afraid to 

 be seen, having lost both their beauty and 

 defence. 



In April and May they rest in their thick- 

 ets and most retired parts of the forest, or 

 amongst other bushy and shady places during 

 that season, and stir very little till rutting- 

 time, unless they are disturbed. Some harts 

 are so cunning that they will have two lairs 

 to harbour in, a good distance apart, and 

 will frequently change (their greatest securi- 

 ty) from the one to the other, taking still 

 the benefit of the wind. In these months 

 they go not to the soil by reason of the 

 moisture of the spring, and the dew that 

 continually overspreadeth the grass. 



In June, July, and August, they are in 

 their pride of grease, and then resort to 

 spring copses and corn fields, but seldom go 

 where barley grows. 



In September and October they leave 

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