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when tamed, will do this ; and their activity and 

 strength render them no contemptible antagonists. 



I remember a roebuck, belonging to a clergyman 

 of the Established Church in Scotland, which one 

 day attacked and hurt a woman who was a zealous 

 supporter of the Free Church. The good lady 

 uttered the most bitter maledictions against the 

 clerical owner of the roe, vowing that he kept his 

 Satanic majesty " in the shape of a horned beast," 

 for the sole purpose of attacking and destroying 

 Free Church people. 



A roe, though so beautiful an animal, is a most 

 unsatisfactory pet ; as they invariably either become 

 dangerous as they become tame, or else take to the 

 woods and are killed, their instinctive knowledge of 

 danger having apparently deserted them. 



