. Arctic zoology [microform]. Mammals; Mammifères. R ; 33 Uifi, Siuad. N»5i.—Smelliif'vi. 120.—Lbt. Mws, DEER. With upright, round, rugged horns, triftircattd: hairs tawny at their ends, grey below: rump and under-fide of the tail white. Length near four feet: tail only an inch. According to Charlevoix, they are found in great numbers in Ca- nada. He fays they differ not from the European kind: are eafily domefticated. The Does will retreat into the woods to bring forth, and return to their mafter with their young *. They extend far weftf. If Pj/o's figure may be depended on, they are f
. Arctic zoology [microform]. Mammals; Mammifères. R ; 33 Uifi, Siuad. N»5i.—Smelliif'vi. 120.—Lbt. Mws, DEER. With upright, round, rugged horns, triftircattd: hairs tawny at their ends, grey below: rump and under-fide of the tail white. Length near four feet: tail only an inch. According to Charlevoix, they are found in great numbers in Ca- nada. He fays they differ not from the European kind: are eafily domefticated. The Does will retreat into the woods to bring forth, and return to their mafter with their young *. They extend far weftf. If Pj/o's figure may be depended on, they are found in Brazil Xi are frequent in Europe -, and inhabit as high as Sweden and Norway % : is unknown in RuJJia,. A, Tail-less Roe, Hift. ^ad. p. 109. In its ftead is a larger variety: with horns like the laft, and color the fame j only a great bed of white covers the rump, and extends fome way up the back: no tail, only a broad cutaneous excrefcence around the anus. Inhabits all the temperate parts of RuJHa and Siliria, and extends as far to the north as the Elk. Defcends to the open plains in the winter. The Tartars call it Saiga: the RuJJian^ Dikaja Roza. B, Fallow Deer, HiJ. ^ad. N" 44. Are animals impatient of cold : are unknown in t\\t Ruffian empire, except by importation : and are preferved in parks in S'lved^ri |), The Englijh tranflator of Pontoppidan mentions them (perhaps erro- neoufly) among the deer of Norway. • Hiji. Nouv. France, y. 195. f I^obbs's Hudfon^s Bay, 24. X 97. ^ Taun, Suec. N*43, and Ftntop, Norivay, ii. 9. || Dti Praiz, ii. 54. F Pvl U S K. Rob. ,i n'\. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Pennant, Thomas, 1726-1798. London : Printed by Henry Hughes
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