Word: deere
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Elbridge Thomas Gerry, 89, lawyer, author of articles on cruelty to children, and owner of a private library of 30,000 volumes, grandson of U. S. Vice-President (1812-14) Elbridge Gerry: "A fallow deer jumped over a 10-foot iron paling in front of my Fifth Avenue house and stood, with vain eyes and excited flanks, before my door. Captured by Policemen and idlers, it was removed to the Central Park Zoo, which reported that it was not one of theirs...
...rational, hygienic Mosaic dietary laws are catalogued in Deuteronomy 14, which specifies that the flesh of only cloven-footed beats that chew their cud may be eaten-cattle, deer, etc. Cloven-footed hares and swine do not chew their cuds and are interdicted...
...factory creek to spawn. Mr. Sharp has the faculty of reproducing backgrounds, from his native Hingham, Mass., to the swinging chain of peaks around Los Angeles. Every season is his favorite, every district full of won- der. A chapter called "The Wildness of Boston" reveals foxes and deer within sight of the city clock...
...England to Australia (TIME, Aug. 16 et seq.) and, finding the Burdens there, took them on a reconnaissance flight over the island's jungled, mountainous interior. Sighting the quarry from the air, the Burdens fetched their comrades to the spot, taking along bear-traps, stout cages, rifles. Slain deer and boars were used to bait the lizards up to a screen, behind which Chinamen cranked the expedition's cinema camera. The hunters saw one huge reptile chase, catch and drag down a horse. Several specimens were shot and will be mounted for the American Museum. Three were taken...
Stone lions, tigers, llamas, elephants, jaguars, buffalo, deer, squirrels, rabbits, chipmunks, cows, mice, peacocks, giraffes, donkeys, badgers, wolves, gazelles, quaint monkeys, lightly hopping kangaroos, ingenuous but haughty ostriches and many other animals, made in Europe, will be used as street markers in St. Petersburg, Fla., the gift of generous C. Perry Snell...