FALLOW DEER. 
and Stag, there is no material difference. 
Their knowledge and instincts, their shifts and 
doublings, are the same; only, they are 
more frequently practised by the Fallow Deer. 
As he is less enterprising, and runs not so far 
before the Dogs, he has oftener occasion to 
change or sub^titate another in his place, to 
double, return upon his former tracts, &c. 
which renders the hunting of the Fallow Deer 
more subject to inconveniences than that of the 
Stag. Besides, as he is smaller and lighter, 
the impressions of his feet on the ground are 
slighter, and the branches he knocks off from 
tlie trees with his horns are smaller. Hence, 
the Dogs are less apt to observe the change, or 
substitution of another animal, .and it is more 
difficult to bring them into the scent when at 
fault. 
*' The Fallow Deer is very easily tamed^ 
and eats many substances which are rejected by 
the Stag. He likewise preserves his fat or veni- 
son much better : for, he is not rendered mea- 
gre by rutting^ though followed by the long- 
est and severest winters ; and, he is nearly in 
the same condition dyring the whole year. He 
browses 
