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CHAPTER IV. 



DEEE-SIIOOTING AND OTHER MATTERS. 



There is only one species of deer in Japan (Cervus 

 Sika). This animal, however, is very abundant, both 

 in the extreme north and south. Owing to the great 

 difference in climate in the extremes of the island, or 

 more properly islands, the herbage varies immensely, 

 being succulent and nutritious in the north, but coarse, 

 rank, and indifferent in the south. Nearly all the 

 grasses found in the southern parts are rough-edged or 

 saw-toothed. On account of this great difference of 

 herbage the deer vary very much in size, a hundred 

 pounds being above the average in the south, but in 



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