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and being much strained by its violent exertions, 

 was taken alive. It was kept for some weeks in 

 the house, and was then again turned out; but all 

 its cunning and activity were gone ; it seemed to 

 have forgotten the places of its former retreat ; and, 

 after running some time, it laid down in the midst 

 of a brook, where it was killed by the Dogs. 



The flesh of the Roe-Buck is fine and well-tasted : 

 that of the male, after the age of two years, is hard ; 

 the flesh of the females, though further advanced in 

 years, is more tender: when very young, it is loose 

 and soft ; but at the age of eighteen months, is in 

 its highest state of perfection. 



In America, the Roe-Buck is much more com- 

 mon than in Europe. In Louisiana, it is very 

 large. The inhabitants live chiefly upon its flesh, 

 which is good and well-flavoured. 



