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Deer jump clear over any obstacle that is more 

 than five feet six inches high, for the animal nearly 

 always settles on the top and clambers over. 



Fallow bucks, although quite harmless when at 

 large, are by no means so when brought in close 

 quarters with man or dog, for a buck will savagely 

 use his horns in self-defence to the bitter end. I 

 have known many who have received ugly wounds 

 when catching bucks. Deerhounds are often 

 stabbed through by a buck at bay. Few people 

 who have never handled a live Deer have any 

 idea of the great strength they possess for their 

 size. 



Deer suffer from diseases of various kinds, but 

 much less so than domestic animals, and even less 

 than most of our wild animals. On heavy land 

 Fallow Deer often suffer from liver fluke; this is a 

 very troublesome disease and one that frequently 

 ends fatally. For cure many park keepers have 

 great faith in strewing Scotch and Spruce Fir boughs 

 about for the Deer to eat the bark, which contains 

 turpentine and is said to kill the fluke, but unless the 

 weather comes severe the Deer will not eat enough 

 Fir bark to do much good, so that the remedy is 

 not to be depended upon. Rock salt is, no doubt, 

 a fine tonic for Deer. 



Footrot is another disease from which Deer 

 suffer in some parks; in others it is unknown. 

 Where Sheep are suffering from the disease the 



