THE RED DEER. 
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water, while sheltering themselves there 
the bites of flies. In England they live up'’" 
the same food as the horse, and they are <1^ 
scribed as being very docile and gentle. 
THE RED DEER. 
The red deer, or stag, is the largest anil*’®' 
of the deer kind inhabiting the British islan<^^' 
Inoffensive and peaceable, elegant and acti''^j 
the members of this family cannot be vieW^ 
without pleasure. In England the usual 
lour of the stag is red ; in other countn^^j 
brown or yellow ; he is about three feet 
a half in height ; and his branching antle’'®' 
apparently calculated for ornament rath^^ 
than for aggression or defence, render h’*”’ 
if not one of the most useful of quadrup<J^^j 
yet one of the most superb and beautd 
forms of the animal creation. His eye is 
