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A DESCRIPTION OF 
pricious fits of fierceness; and, on these occasions, will 
strike furiously with their horns and feet at the object of 
their dislike. The only parts of Great Britain where they 
are found, are the Highlands of Scotland. 
THE FALLOW DEER. (Cervus dama.) 
THESE are the Deer kept in parks. They are generally 
beautifully spotted, and their horns are broad and flat. 
The male is called a buck, the female a doe, and the young 
one a fawn. The buck casts his horns every spring, and 
every year they increase in size till he has attained his 
fifth year. The vension of the Fallow Deer is very far 
superior to that of the red deer, which is coarse and 
tough. The buck-skin and doe-skin are well known, as 
furnishing a peculiarly soft and warm kind of leather, 
which is used for gloves, gaiters, &c. The horns are used 
for the handles of knives, &c., like those of the stag ; and 
the refuse is, in the like manner, used in the manufacture 
