. The naturalist's library; containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects; . dark glistening eye expresses the most eager soon as he discovers the hunter, he bounds along for a few paces, stops,turns half round, and scans his pursuer with a steady gaze, then throwingback his lofty horns, and projecting his taper nose forwards, he springs fromthe ground and advances with a velocity which soon leaves the object of hisdread far out of sight. The flesh of the elk is highly esteemed by the Indians and hunters asfood, and the horn
. The naturalist's library; containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects; . dark glistening eye expresses the most eager soon as he discovers the hunter, he bounds along for a few paces, stops,turns half round, and scans his pursuer with a steady gaze, then throwingback his lofty horns, and projecting his taper nose forwards, he springs fromthe ground and advances with a velocity which soon leaves the object of hisdread far out of sight. The flesh of the elk is highly esteemed by the Indians and hunters asfood, and the horns, while in a soft state, are also considered a delicacy;of their hides a great variety of articles of dress and usefulness are Indians form bows of the perfect horn, which are highly serviceable,from their elasticity. These animals have been to a certain degree domes-ticated, and might possibly be rendered as useful as the reindeer. The caribon or American reindeer, and the barren ground caribon, inhabitthe northern parts of the continent; but are supposed to be only varietiesof the Lapland reindeer. THE It appears by positive testimonies, that the reindeer formerly existed inFrame, at least in the high mountains, such as the Pyrenean; and, sincethat time, has been destroyed, like the stags, who were heretofore commonin that country. It is certain, that the reindeer is now actually to be foundonly in the most northern countries. We also know, that the climate ofFrance was formerly much more damp and cold, occasioned by the numbei MAMMALIA—REINDEER. 347 of woods and morasses, which are no longer to be seen. Gaul, under thesame latitude as Canada, was, two thousand years ago, what Canada is atthe present time; that is, a climate cold enough for these animals to livein. We find him in America, in the highest latitudes, because the cold isgreater there than in Europe. The reindeer can bear even the most exces-sive cold. He is found in Spitsbergen; he is c
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