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as any of the species can be obtained, the nausk bag should 

 be removed, as, should it be p9rTni<;ted to remain ivith the 

 skin, the Musk will soon be absorbed, which, though it will 

 contribute to preserve the skin from the attacks of insects, 

 the perfume will be so strong as to be quite offensive. 



3. Cervus, Stag. Horns annual, solid, branched, the tips 



thicker and covered with a downy skin; lower /ron< 

 teeth eight ; tusks wanting, or solitary in the upper 

 jaw. 



The Animals called Deer, contribute largely to the com- 

 fort of Man, all the species are useable as food, and the 

 skins and horns are convertible into various useful purposes ; 

 they are natives of mountainous and woody situations ; seve- 

 ral of the species are easily domesticated ; their food is grass, 

 the young shoots, branches, and bark of trees, also Mosses 

 and Lichens. They are found in countries in the extremes 

 of heat and cold. 



4. Cameleopardalis. Giraffe. Horn-like projections two, 



simple, covered with skin ; lower front teeth eight, 

 broad, thin, the outer one on each side deeply bilobate. 



The best account we have of this gigantic Animal, is in the 

 travels of Mons. Le' Vaillant, who found it in the interior of 

 Southern Africa, it is the tallest of all known Quadru- 

 peds, individuals having been seen, measuring seventeen 

 feet in height. Its pace is an awkward amble, but it is 

 so exceedingly quick, as easily to outrun the fleetest horse ; 

 it is very shy, and is amongst the rarest quadrupeds. It feed* 

 on grass, and the leaves and shoots of the different species of 

 Mimosa, so abundant in the forests of Africa. 



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