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shoots, tlius doing considerable miscliief in plantations. They 

 are timid, intelligent, and gentle ; the least unaccustomed noise 

 frightens them. StiU, all their precautions are not sufficient « 

 to protect them against the multitude of huntsmen eager for 

 their capture — an eagerness the more excusable as the Roe 

 furnishes the finest Yenison. 



The sport of Roe-hunting (Fig. 121) takes place in France 

 with less ostentation than that of the Stag, but the same 

 instruments are employed, namely, Hoimds and Horses. In 



Fig. 121. — Boe-liunting (Cervtis capreolus, Linn.) 



Scotland they are generally driven by beaters through passes 

 guarded by marksmen, when they are shot. 



Roes are distributed all over the temperate portion of Europe, 

 and through several parts of Asia. 



Trihe of Hornless Ruminants. — The Musk Deer (Moschns) is, 

 with the exceptioa of the Camel, the only Ruminant without 

 horns. In its general form, and the whole character of its organi- 

 sation, it resembles the last described ; it has no incisors in the 



