Sporting scenes and country characters . cover, andremains there in solitude for some time. The fawnsare diopped about midsummer, amongst beds of fern,thistles, or rushes; and the doe, after suckhng herfawn, leaves it in its secret place, but returns twoor three times during each of the following days forthe same purpose, until the fawn can provide for the expiration of three or four days, a fawn canbound away at an astonishing speed; and it would re-quire a swift dog to overtake one, even so young. DEER AND DEER SHOOTING. 141 Although the splendour of the royal forests havepassed aw
Sporting scenes and country characters . cover, andremains there in solitude for some time. The fawnsare diopped about midsummer, amongst beds of fern,thistles, or rushes; and the doe, after suckhng herfawn, leaves it in its secret place, but returns twoor three times during each of the following days forthe same purpose, until the fawn can provide for the expiration of three or four days, a fawn canbound away at an astonishing speed; and it would re-quire a swift dog to overtake one, even so young. DEER AND DEER SHOOTING. 141 Although the splendour of the royal forests havepassed away, and with it the most arbitrary enactmentswhich called into existence the bold and daring outlaw—who was threatened with a ruffle of rope and withoaken sauce — the admirer of nature can yet be de-lighted with the numerous herds of deer which adornthe modern enclosed parks, and his mind can be amusedand instructed by observing their peculiar habits,—theircaution, vigilance, intelligence, activity, beauty, andtruly noble
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