. A general history of quadrupeds : the figures engraved on wood . prettylarge tradt of land, drive them towards the centre, wherethey are caught. The Kamfchatkans pafs the latter part of the fummer,with all their families, among the mountains, in purfuicof thefe animals.—The flefh and fat of the young Muf-mons are efteemed, by the natives, as moft delicious eat- 76 HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. ing. The flcins ferve them for warm raiments and co-verings : The horns are made ufe of for a variety of ufe-ful purpofes. This creature has been known to breed with theSheep i and, from that circumflance, is
. A general history of quadrupeds : the figures engraved on wood . prettylarge tradt of land, drive them towards the centre, wherethey are caught. The Kamfchatkans pafs the latter part of the fummer,with all their families, among the mountains, in purfuicof thefe animals.—The flefh and fat of the young Muf-mons are efteemed, by the natives, as moft delicious eat- 76 HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. ing. The flcins ferve them for warm raiments and co-verings : The horns are made ufe of for a variety of ufe-ful purpofes. This creature has been known to breed with theSheep i and, from that circumflance, is fuppofed, by and others, to be the primitive race. The female of this fpecies is rather lefs than the male ;and her horns never grow to that prodigious fize. Thofe of Kamfchatka are fo ftrong, that ten men canfcarcely hold one; and the horns fo large, that youngfoxes often {belter themfelves in the hollow of fuch asfall off by accident. They grow to the fize oF a youngflag, copulate in autumn, and bring forth one young ata time, though fomelimes HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 77
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