FALLOW DEER. 
tion of life by the time of gestation, but by 
that of the growth ; reckoning, from the birth, 
nearly to the full expansion of the body." 
Dr. Goldsmith says, that the Fallow Deer 
comes to perfection at three years of age, and 
lives till sixteen; whereas the Stag does not 
come to perfection till seven, and lives till 
forty. 
As the Fallow Deer, like the Stag, is a beast 
of chase ; hunters have, as usual, invented a 
number of technical expressions relative to this 
object of their pursuit. The Buck is, the first 
year, called a Fawn ; the second, a Pricket ; 
the third, a Sorel ; the Fourth, a Sore; the 
fifth a Buck of the first Flead; and, the sixth, 
a Great Buck. The Female has no horns, 
and is called a Doe. She is named, the first 
year, like the Buck, a Fawn ; but the second, 
aTegg. 
As the Buck," says Goldsmith, " is a 
more delicate animal than the Stag ; so, also, is 
it subject to greater varieties. We have, in 
England, tw<5 varieties of the Fallow Deer, 
vihich 
