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i-regulated monarchy, very few chaces remain: v>7e ftiJl 

 indulge oiirfeives in the generous pleafure of hunt- 

 ing, but confine the deer-kind to Parks, of which 

 England boafts of more than any other kingdom in 

 Eurofe. Our equal lavviS allow every man his 

 pleafure-, but confine them'in fuch bounds, as prevent 

 ■them from being injurious to the meaneft ofthe com- 

 munity. Before the reformation, our prelates ftem 

 to have guarded fufiiciently againft the want of this 

 amufemenr, the fee of Norwich in particular, being 

 jpoflefied about that time of thirteen parks *. They 

 fecm to have forgot good king Edgar's advice, Doce- 

 Mus etiani tit facer dos non fit venator neqne acciptrarms 

 mequs pot at or, fed incumhat fds libris Jicui ordinerA itfius 

 Meet ■\. 



The flag and buck agree in their nature ; which is 

 fo univcrfally known as to render any account of it 

 unnecefTary : the firfl: is become lefs common than it 

 was formerly j its exceffive vitioufnefs during the 

 rutting feafon, and the badnefs of its fiefh, induce 

 mofl people to part with the fpecies. Stags are Iiill 

 €ound wild in the highlands of 'Scotland, but are 

 fmaller than thofe of E^f^gland. They are likewife 

 met with on the moors that border on C(?r;«ze?^/ and 

 JDevoTifhire, and in Ireland an the mountains of Kerry^ 

 where they add greatly to the m.agniiicence of the ro- 

 mantic fcenery of the lake of Kiilarny. 



We have in England two varieties of fallov/-deer 

 ■which are faid to be of forneio-n origin : The beauti- 



O O 



ful fpotted kind, fuppofed to have been brought 

 iirom Bengal; and the very deep brown fort, that are 



'^ Peachi^fii's Comj>!eai Gefitlcmmz, sGeo ir Leges Saxon. 'nj. 



P 5 .now 



