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soon as the roe-buck* comes from rut be 

 casts bis horns ; and there are few after two 

 years old which do not mew at All-hallows' 

 tide, but their heads grow quickly again. 



The venison of a roe is never out of season 

 or very fat, and therefore they may be hunt- 

 ed or shot at any time ; yet surely some 

 favour ought to be shown the doe whilst she 

 is big with fawn, and afterwards till her fawn 

 is able to shift for itself. They make an 

 admirable chase, stand long.] and fly far end- 

 ways ; they see not very well 



When they are hunted they turn much, and 

 often, and come back upon the dogs directly ; 

 when they can no longer hold out they then 

 take soil as the hart does, and will hang by 

 a bough in such a manner that nothing will 

 appear of them above water but their snout, 

 and thus will suffer the dogs to come nearly 

 upon them before they will stir. The male 

 is not called, by the skilful in the art of 

 hunting, a great roe-buck, but a fair roe-buck : 



