A POEM. 137 



If you would wish to tell a buck from doe, 

 Their following attributes at once will show : 

 His head is short and round, (while her's is long 

 And narrow,) and the whiskers long and strong, 

 His shoulders far more ruddy, and his ears 

 Shorter and broader, than the doe, he wears; 

 For her's are longer, and the tips are sharp, 

 Than his the fur upon her back's more dark, 

 Her feet are larger, and are pointed less, 

 Her scut is fullest, and, it is confess'd, 

 She's of superior size : 'tis idly told 

 Of him, his frame grows less as he grows old. 

 Few Sportsmen now look to the genitals 

 Who'd know their sex ; -the head instanter tells. 

 The doe has generally one to four 

 Young at a birth, but rarely any more. 



When only in the woods I sport pursue 

 Throughout a day, a piece but two feet two 

 In barrel, seventeen bore, I e'er prefer, 

 As to the shoulder it comes readier 



