FALLOW DEER. 
on a few chaces, is at present confined in 
parks." 
BufFon has treated this article more at large 
— " No species of animals," says he, " makes 
so near an approach to another, as the Fallow 
Deer to that of the Stag : but, though their simi- 
larity be great in every respect, they fly from each 
other ; never intermix ; and, of course, give rise 
to no intermediate race. It is even rare to find 
Fallow Deer in a country much frequented by 
Stags, unless they are industriously trans- 
ported thither. Their nature seems to be less 
rustic and robust than that of the Stag ; and 
they are, likewise, less common in the forests. 
They are kept in parks, where they may be 
said to be half domesticated. More of them 
are reared in England than in any other coun- 
try of Europe ; and the English are extreme-^ 
ly fond of their venison. The dogs, also, pre- 
icr the flesh of this Deer to that of ail other 
animals ; and, after they have once eat of it, 
they are extremely apt, in the chase of the 
Stag, or Roe Deer, to change their course, 
when they perceive the scent of the Fallow 
Deer. In some provinces of France, and in 
the 
