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two varieties, the fpotted, and the dark- 

 brown. The former is of Indian extra(flion* : 

 the latter was brought from Denmark by- 

 James I. They are now indeed much inter- 

 mixed } but in general the fpotted race are 

 more the inhabitants of the park ; the brown, 

 which is the hardier fpecies, occupy the foreft. 

 The latter is the more pidurefque animal. 

 The uniform fpot of the variegated deer is not 

 fo pleafmg, as one fmiple brown- tint, melting 

 by degrees into a fofter hue, which produces 

 a fort of natural light and fhade ; as indeed 

 all colours do, which blend gently into each 

 other. 



Foreft-deer, tho pafturing at large, feldom 

 ftray far from the walk, where they are bred : 

 and the keeper, who always wifhes to keep his 

 deer from travelling into the limits of their 

 neighbours, incourages their fondnefs for home, 

 by feeding them, in winter, with holly and 

 other plants, which they love ; and browzing 

 them in fummer with the fpray of afh. When 

 he diftributes his dole, he commonly makes a 

 hollowing noife to call his difperfed family 

 together. In calm fummer-evenings, if you 



* See Pennant' s Zool. 



frequent 



