. Illustrated natural history : comprising descriptions of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, insects, etc., with sketches of their peculiar habits and characteristics . Zoology. T^HICK-SKINNED QUADRUPEDS. 18* devouring them, is now considered fabulous. During life thia useful animal supplies its master witli labor and milk; and, when dead, every part becomes serviceable, the skin for clothing, and for boots; the horns to make utensils; the sinews for thread, and the flesh for food: the intestines are also used; and the tongue ia a well-known article of commerce. The Elk of Europe is not the sa
. Illustrated natural history : comprising descriptions of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, insects, etc., with sketches of their peculiar habits and characteristics . Zoology. T^HICK-SKINNED QUADRUPEDS. 18* devouring them, is now considered fabulous. During life thia useful animal supplies its master witli labor and milk; and, when dead, every part becomes serviceable, the skin for clothing, and for boots; the horns to make utensils; the sinews for thread, and the flesh for food: the intestines are also used; and the tongue ia a well-known article of commerce. The Elk of Europe is not the same with the Moosc-deei of America: it is found in Europe between latitude 53° and GS'': in size it is higher than a horse; and, to support the enormous weight of its horns, sometimes nearly fifty pounds, its neck is short, thick, and very strong. Its movements are rather heavy : it does not gallop, but ambles along, the joints cracking so much at every step, that the sound is heard to some distance. During winter it chiefly resides in hilly woods; but in summer it frequents swamps and the borders of lakes; often going deep into the water, to escape the stings of gnats, etc., and to feed with- out stooping. With its enormous horns it turns down branches of trees, to feed upon the bark, with great dexterity; and these are also used as shovels, to get at pasture when covered with The Elk. THICK-SKINNED QUADRUPEDS. The Horse.—The characters of the horse, or equus cabal- lus, are, hoofs undivided, and mane and tail, with long, flowing hair. This noble animal has been so much and so long connected with man, that history does not mention a period when horses were un- tamed. Still, however, multitudes of them are found in a wild stat« in many parts of the earth. Large herds are occasionally seen in the southern parts of Siberia, in the great Mongolian deserts, and among the Kalkas, to the north-west of China. At the Cape of Good Hope there are numbers of unreclaimed horses.
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