The Fallow Deer. 
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THE FALLOW DEER. (Germs dama.) 
These are the Deer now usually kept in our parks. The 
beautifully spotted kind are said to have been brought 
from Bengal, aud the very deep brown from ^Norway by 
King James I. 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 they 
increase in size annually till he has attained his fifth 
year. The venison of this Deer is veiy 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 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 of ammonia. 
The buck stands about three feet high, and measures 
about five feet in length ; the doe is somewhat smaller. 
The tail is much longer than either that of the stag or 
the roebuck, being nearly seven inches and a half long. 
