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shoots, thus doing considerable mischief in plantations. They 
are timid, intelligent, and gentle ; the least unaccustomed noise 
frightens them. Still, all their precautions are not sufficient 
to protect them against the multitude of huntsmen eager for 
their capture — an eagerness the more excusable as the Roe ; 
furnishes the finest venison. 
The sport of Roe-hunting (Fig. 121) takes place in France ; 
with less ostentation than that of the Stag, hut the same 
instruments are employed, namely, Hounds and Horses. In 
Scotland they are generally driven by beaters through passes 
guarded by marksmen, when they are shot. 
and through several parts of Asia. 
Tribe of Hornless Ruminants . — The Musk Deer (. Moschus ) is, 
with the exception of the Camel, the only Ruminant without 
horns. In its general form, and the whole character of its organi- 
sation, it resembles the last described ; it has no incisors in the 
