NATURAL HISTORY. et 
their being expofed to fo many formidable enemies 
fuch as the wolf, dog, eagle, folcon, ofprey, and all 
animals of the cat kind. But the ftag himfelfis the 
reateft enemy to the young of his {pecies ; infomuch, 
that the hind, which is the female ftag, accompanies 
the fawn during the fummer, to preferve it. from his 
depredations. Amongft all the enemies of t ea 
ure, Man feems to be the greateft; for in every age, 
and every country, human fpecies have taken delight 
in the chafe of it. Thofe who firft hunted it from 
neceffity, continued it afterwards both for health and 
amufement. Originally, the beafts of chafe were the 
fole +a vince of Great Britain; they knew no other 
conitraint than the limits of the ocean, nor acknowl- 
edged any particular mafter. But, when the Saxons 
eftablifhed the heptarchy, they were referved by each 
fovereignforhisown particulardiverfion. Inthofeun- 
vilized ages, hunting and war were the only employ- 
ments of the great; for their active and uncultivated 
minds felt no pleafure but in rapine or violence. 
The other fpecies of this kind are, the fullo, Vir- 
ginian, porcine, roebuck, Mexican, and grey deer. 
Stags are ftill found wild in the highlands of Scot- © 
land, but their fize is fmaller than thofe of England. 
They are likewife to be feen on the Moors bordering 
on Cornwall and Devonfhire; and onthe mountains 
of Kerry, in Ireland, where they greatly embellith 
the picturefque, romantic, and magnificent {cenery, 
of the lake of Killarny. 


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FEMALE TIBET. 
"Turs creature, which is the female of the mufk, 
“hbis name to the kingdom of Tibet, a province in 
China, where it is found, between the latitude of 45 
and 60 degrees. ‘Thefe animals naturally inhabit the 
mountains that are covered with pines, delight in fol- 
itude and avoid mankind : When purfued, they af-. 
