12 BRITISH QUADRUPEDS. 



the fawns of which have not even the spots so common 

 to most others. It is reputed to have been introduced 

 by James the First, from Norway. 



Ingenuity is sometimes discovered by these animals. 

 The berries on the thorn-trees are often beyond reach, 

 yet some of the old bucks in Bushy Park have been 

 observed to obtain them by simple yet effective means. 

 They raise themselves on their hind legs, give a spring, 

 entangle their horns in the lower branches of the trees, 

 shake them once or twice, thus causing some of the 

 berries to fall, and then they very quietly pick them 

 up. 



