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had ul'cd familiarly, and alfo that he often flept 
with the Stags that he had tamed ; if any one bad 
come to him, one would have mowed, the Horft 
would have neighed , and the*S’frfj- would make a 
great noife until he had awakened him. 5. They 
exceedingly love mufjck* and are much delighted 
in hearing any one fing; and therefore one goeth 
■ before a Stag and fingeth to him, another cometh 
behind him and, taketh him. 6 . When he is fo 
clofcly purfued by the Dogs, that he feeth there is 
no hope at all, he will run to the Huntfman, ex- 
pe£bng more favour from him, than from the dogs ; 
but fome there are, who are of opinion, that this 
proceedeth from the fiercenefs of their Nature, 
7. He hath no gall, yet his inwards are fobit> 
ter that a Dog will not touch them, unlefs they be 
very fat indeed; fome have reported C but how true 
I lhall not here difpute y that in Achaia there are 
iTrfrf/ who have their gall in their tayl. 8. When 
he Is wounded with a Dart, the only cure he hath 
is to eat fome of the herb called Betonj^ which 
helpeth both to draw out the Dart, and heal the 
wound. 9, The Stag is a very fociable Creature, 
for they alwayes go together in companies,* fome 
have been feen to fwim over Rivers in great com^ 
panics ; the Captain of them going firll, and the 
hindermoftlayingtheir heads on the backs of the 
foremoft; and if the foremoft be tyred with ftrim- 
ing, another is put in his place, and he fwimraech 
behind all the reft, and laying his head upon the 
back of him that is before him, recovereth him- 
felf again ; fometimss when he is hunted, he will 
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