132 HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



The ROE-BUCK 



was formerly common in many parts of England and 

 Wales ; but at prefent is only to be found in the High- 

 lands of Scotland. 



The Roe is the fmalleft of all the Deer kind, being 

 only three feet four inches long, and fomewhat more 

 than two feet in height: The horns are from eight to 

 nine inches long, upright, round, and divided into three 

 branches ; the body is covered with long hair ; the lower 

 part of each hair is am colour, near the end is a narrow 

 bar of black, and the point is yellow ; the hairs on the 

 face are black, tipped with afh colour ; the ears are long, 

 their infides of a pale-yellow, and covered with long 

 hair; the cheft, belly, legs, and infide of the thighs, 

 are of a yellowifti-white , the rump is of a pure white, 

 and the tail very fhort. 



The form of the Roe-buck is elegant, and its motions 



