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him as fafe as Himies are injhigh places ; If he per^ 
ceivetb himfelf grown fat,he goeth into fome place 
where there is no path, nor any one pafl'eth by, 
and if hefeethany man, he hi deth himfelf, be- 
caufehis fatnefs maketh him thathe cannot run fo 
fwiftly; thus in the Winter time, for then he is 
weaker than at other times ; and fo when he fhed- 
deth his horns, divine providence hath fo ordered 
it, that they tall off veryeafily, for they grow- not 
out of the skull, but out of the skin ; the reafon of 
his fhedding his horns may be,bccaufeifthey fhould 
grow ftill bigger and bigger, it would be a burthen 
to him; or die it may be,becaufe it maketh a grca- 
ter plenty of his born ( which is of fuch great ufe 
in Phyrick;)at the time of her bringing forth(which 
is in the Spring ) the goeth afide into fome pi ivate 
f )lace, where no one may fee her, and when ftic 
yeth down, Ihe either thrufteth her horn into the 
ground, or elfehidethit where no one can fee it; 
^he goeth out to feed but in the night time ; when 
ihe hath new horns growing, ihe tryetb the firm- 
nefs of them by thrufting them againft a Tree, and 
will never be ieen abroad again until hd horn is 
firm and fit for fervicc; and when they are full 
grown out, fhe lyeth in the Sun that it may hardeif 
them; from all whlchit appeareththatthe5r4^is 
a wife Creature • fhe foon apprehendcth any dan- 
ger approaching, if fhe pricketh up her ears; but 
otherwife ihe is eafily taken ; in Scythia it is repor- 
ted that are fo tame, that they may be rid on 
like Horfes; reporttdi of Kir^ Mhlmdates^ 
that he-vyould lye among Sttks and that he 
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