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NATURAL HISTORY. 
swiftness, render him one of the most elegant beasts 
of the forest. 
174. The first year he has no horns ; but after- 
wards they grow, and are shed regularly every year. 
The eyes of this animal are really beautiful ; they 
are at once sparkling, soft and intelligent. His 
senses of smelling and hearing, also, are no less to be 
admired. 
175. He is extremely delicate in the choice of his 
food, which consists partly of grass, and partly of 
the young branches and shoots of various trees. 
When satisfied with eating, he retires to the covert 
of some thicket, to chew the cud. The practice of 
hunting the Stag is very common in the western and 
northern districts of the United States. The meat 
is much used as an article of food, under the name 
of venison ; and the skin is not unfrequently manufac- 
tured into garments, and other useful articles. 
THE FALLOW-DEER. 
176. Though the Fallow-Deer resembles the 
stag, there is a fixed animosity between the two spe- 
What does his food consist of 1 Where is the practice of hunting 
the Stag very common ? What is it valued for ? 
