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adds to it a finish and precision. The neck being long, 

 and easily bent to the side, accords well with the slender 

 legs, and gives an air of extreme grace to the animal. 

 The head is pointed and finely formed throughout ; it is 

 light, and the black ring round the nose, contrasting as 

 it does ^Yith. the colouring of the hair, gives thus a 

 certain prominence to that feature, imparting an ex- 

 pression just prettily pert enough to be attractive mth- 

 out being bold. The like we all have seen in a bloom- 

 ing face, where the nose was not Roman, but slightly to 

 the contrary, lending thlis a certain wilfulness ; but 

 where everything like boldness was kept down by the 

 laughing eyes, the arch smile, and the magic charm of 

 " eighteen." 



A mere glance at the roe, leaves an im23ression of 

 elegance, lightness, grace ; and this is no doubt oc- 

 casioned by its symmetry ; by the delicateness of form 

 of those i^arts which present themselves most pro- 

 minently at once : the tapering oval ears, the pointed 

 head, the long neck, and the slender legs. 



Should you perchance, when waiting in the forest, see 

 a roe that has been scared by some threatening danger, 

 stopping at last to breathe after a headlong flight, you 

 will learn what a tender, fragile creature it is. Every 

 limb trembles, its flanks are heaving and it pants con- 

 vulsively. It looks bewildered, and is at once a picture 

 of fear and utter helplesness. 



