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NATURAL HISTORY 
ROEBUCK. 
The Roe-Buck differs from the stag, not 
only in superior cunning, but also in his 
natural appetites, his inclinations, and his 
whole habits of living. Instead of herding 
together like, the latter, the species of the 
former live in separate families: the sire, 
the. dam, and the young ones, form of them- 
selves a little community ; nor do they ever 
admit a stranger into it. All other animals 
of the deer kind are inconstant in their affec- 
tion. The Roe-Buck never forsakes his 
mate; and as they have generally been bred 
up together, the male and female form for 
each other the strongest attachment. 
