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.......... [PICTURE OF A DEER HEAD, IN A GARLAND ..........
.......... WOVEN OF VARIOUS GRASSES. ..........
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.......... A DOG. IT BEARS A RESEMBLANCE TO A ..........
.......... YOUNG SALIX TREE, AND HAS A ..........
.......... SWEET-SMELLING NOSE, LIKE HONEY. ..........
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.......... THE HORNS OF A DEER IS CALLED ANTLERS. ..........
.......... THEY HAVE A COMPLEX FRACTAL SHAPE, AND ..........
.......... ARE BELIEVED TO ENABLE THE DEER TO ..........
.......... "FOLD" THROUGH PASSAGES WHICH SHOULD BE ..........
:......... TOO NARROW FOR THEM. ANTLERS FROM DEAD .........:
»:........ DEER SEEM TO LOSE THIS POWER. ........:»
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