J5G NATURAL HISTORY. 



Forth. It is the least and most beautiful of our British deer. 

 It is not at all adapted for confinement, as it is never induced 

 to be familiar with its keeper, and will sometimes attack any 

 object which it dislikes with its horns and hoofs. It does not 

 live in herds like the Fallow-deer, but singly, or in pairs, driv- 

 ing off its young when they are about nine or ten months old. 

 It is very cunning, and when hunted, sometimes baffles the 

 dogs by making a few enormous leaps, waiting until the dogs 

 have passed, and then returning on its previous track. Its 

 height is about two feet ; its horns are divided into three sma ] 

 branches, and are seldom more than a foot in length. 



Elaplms (Gr. 'E 



f, a Stag), the Stag. 



The RED-DEER, or STAG, is the largest of our deer. In the 

 language of hunters, it bears different names according to the 

 size of its horns, which increase year by year. All the male 



