Tha am fiadh Iapanach beagan nas lugha na ʼm fiadh ruadh. Tha na leabhraichean ag innse dhuinn nach e beathach sòisealta a tha ann ach a-mhàin sa gheamhradh. Ach chunnaic mi fhìn na dhà dhiubh làimh ri chèile. Bha iad a’ spioladh ʼs ag ionaltradh còmhla.

The sika deer is a bit smaller than the red deer. The books tell us that it is not a social deer except in winter. But I myself saw two of them next to one another. They were browsing and grazing together.

barra ag loiceadh

= failing crops

is olc an bhail ar an tír má loiceann na barra

16.2. lch 179