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THE RED DEER. 
Strongly attached to her young, which si' 
conceals in the most obscure thickets, Th'* 
precaution is very necessary ; for the wol^’ 
the dog, the eagle, the falcon, the osprey, 
all the animals of the cat kind, are continuaWj 
in search of her retreat; hut the stag hiraS^ 
is the enemy most to be dreaded, and it 
quires all the art of the hind to conceal 
offspring from him as the most dangerous 
her pursuers. At this season she nia*’’! 
fests equal courage with the male, and 
present herself to the hunter, in order 
lead him from the object of her maternal co”' 
cern. 
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The stag is capable of an extraordinary 
gree of courage, so that it is dangerous to 
proach him when at bay. Some years ag 
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stag was enclosed in the same area witJ’ 
tiger, and, when attacked, made so despot^' 
a defence, that the formidable assailant 
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obliged to desist. 
