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was then again turned out ; but all its cunning and acti- 

 vity were gone ; it feemed to have forgotten the places of 

 its former retreat ; and, after running fome time, it laid 

 down in the midft of a brook, where it was killed by the 

 dogs. 



The flefh of the Roe-buck is fine and well-tafted : 

 That of the male, after the age of two years, is hard \ 

 the flefli of the females, though farther advanced in 

 years, is more tender: When very young, it is loofe 

 and foft; but, at the age of eighteen months, is in its 

 higheft ftate of perfection. 



In America, the Roe-buck is much more common 

 than in Europe. — In Louifiana, it is very large. — The in- 

 habitants live chiefly upon its flefh, which is good and 

 well-flavoured. 



