Children's own library . drink. The fleece is very long and more resem-bling silk than wool, and is sometimes twelve inches inlength. The Red Deer or Stag is the largest of the deer. Itbears different names according to the size of its horns,which increase year by year. All the males have horns,which they shed every year, and renew again. Hunt-ing the Stag is a very favorite amusement in somecountries, and packs of hounds, called stag-hounds, arekept expressly for that purpose. The Virginia Deer is remarkable for its peculiarhorns, which bend boldy backward and then suddenlycurve forward. Its
Children's own library . drink. The fleece is very long and more resem-bling silk than wool, and is sometimes twelve inches inlength. The Red Deer or Stag is the largest of the deer. Itbears different names according to the size of its horns,which increase year by year. All the males have horns,which they shed every year, and renew again. Hunt-ing the Stag is a very favorite amusement in somecountries, and packs of hounds, called stag-hounds, arekept expressly for that purpose. The Virginia Deer is remarkable for its peculiarhorns, which bend boldy backward and then suddenlycurve forward. Its color is reddish-brown in springand dull brown in winter. It is found everywherefrom Canada to Mexico and from the Atlantic to theRocky Mountains. It is a very good swimmer, andloves to go into deep water to get rid of ticks and other woods natural history 83 insects. When it is near settled districts it will leapfences and browse on the crops, but at other times feedson the young grasses of the plains. In the months of. THE LLAMA August, September, and October it is very fat and thevenison is very fine. It is fond of salt, and resorts ingreat numbers to salt-licks. The skin of the Deer isvery valuable, and is used to form the greater part ofthe Indians dress. 84 woods natural history K: The Fallow Deer are usually seen in parks, wherethey congregate in large herds. They are generallytame, and will suffer people to come very close to
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