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THE DEER. 
The Deer in the park are not so big as the Red 
Deer, or Wild Stag ; and the Roe Buck is not so 
big as the Deer in the park are. A Roe Buck can 
not well be kept in a park, as he will bite off all 
the buds on a tree that he can get at, and he will 
then bite and pull off the bark if it is not too hard 
for him, so that he does a good deal of harm in a 
wood, if he gets into it, and he can leap so well 
that a wall must be very high to keep him in. The 
Red Deer, or Stag, also, is too wild to be kept in a 
park. When a Red Deer has to be shot it must be 
done with a gun that will kill him a long way off, 
for he will not let any one come near him, and his 
eyes are so good that he can see a man on a hill 
more than a mile off, if he does not lie down and 
hide from view in a bush, or at the back of some 
crag. 
