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thing now to meet them in the fouthern parts 

 of it ; tho within the memory of man, they 

 were fo numerous, that I have heard an old 

 forefter pointing to the fide of a hill, on 

 Beaulieu-heath, fay, he had feen them lying 

 there in herds, like cows, and horfes. There 

 are ftill however many in the northern parts 

 of the foreft, particularly about Boldre-wood, 

 and Burley-lodges ; but, in general, the fal- 

 low-deer are more encouraged. 



The ftag might eaiily be trained, like the 

 rein-deer of Lapland, to draw a carriage, 

 if we had not animals more proper for the 

 purpofe. The late earl of Orford bred two, 

 by way of experiment, which by domeftication 

 became manageable, were bitted, and drew a 

 light curricle with great gentlenefs, and expe- 

 dition. The flag is a native of our ifland j 



as indeed he is found in moft parts of the 

 world ; differing only in a few accidental 

 varieties. 



The fallow-deer is much more limited by 

 nature in the place of his abode ; and in this 

 ifland particularly we have him only by im- 

 portation. He is fuppofed to have but 



two 



