CHAPTER II 



Roe : Mischief done by — Fawns— Tame Roe — Boy killed by Roe— Hunting Roe : 

 Artifices of — Shooting Roe— :Unlucky shot — Change of colour— ^Swimming — 

 Cunning Roe. ■ ; i. i 



As the spring advances, and the larch and other deciduous trees 

 again put out their foliage, I see the tracks of roe ^ and the 

 animals themselves in new and unaccustomed places. They now 

 betake themselves very much to -the smaller and younger, plan- 

 tations, where they can find plenty of one of their most favourite 

 articles of food — ;the shoots of the young trees. Much as I 

 like to sec these animals (and certainly, the roebuck is the moSt 

 perfectly formed of all deer), I must confess that they commit 



' Roe have the first year one antler, second year two antlers, third year three antlers. 

 This is always the case unless some accident . happens to them. Sometimes they have 

 four antlers, but seldom. The growth of the horns of air deer is irregular, depending 

 much on the feeding which they get. — C. St. J. , ' ' ■; 



