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woods and the cedar fwamps, which are 

 very much frequented by them, yet they 

 can be tamed to fuch a degree, if taken 

 young, that they will come of their own 

 accord to people, and even to Grangers : 

 This hind was caught when it was but 

 very little ; the colour of the whole body 

 was a dirty reddifh brown, the belly and 

 the under lide of the tail excepted, which 

 were white ; the ears were grey ; the 

 head, towards the fhout, was very narrow, 

 but upon the whole the creature looked 

 very fine. The hair lay clofe together, 

 and was quite fhort ; the tail reached al- 

 raoft to the bend of the knee, near which, 

 on the infide of each hind-foot, was a knob 

 or callus. The pofTefTor of the hind faid, 

 that he had tamed feveral ftags, by catch- 

 ing them whilft they were very young. It 

 was now big with young ones. It had a 

 little bell hung about its neck, that by 

 walking in the woods, the people might 

 know it to be tame, and take care not to 

 moot it. It was at liberty to go where it 

 pleafed, and to keep it confined would 

 have been a pretty hard tafk, as it could 

 leap over the higheft enclofures. Some- 

 times it went far into the woods, and fre- 

 quently ftaid away a night or two, but 

 afterwards returned home like other cattle. 

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