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CERVUS Mar Americanus. 
The Stag of America. 
HIS Beaft neareft aoe oh European red deer, in colour, 
or us ace 
ape, and form of the horns, though it is a much lar 
anim dof a Svan ake ; ir horns are not mated, but 
round, a pair o ch weighs upwards of thirty pounds; they u- 
fually accompany bufaloes, with whom they range in droves in the 
Upper and remote parts of Carolina, where as well as in our other 
The French in ie 
Pee i? 
colonies, they are anes called elks. 
a ae Ee a a Stag. In New England it is known by th 
ofe, to “diftinguith i it from the preceding ae 
hich aa ini ce a tee Moofe. 
The Fallow Deer. 
HESE are the moft common Deer of America; they differ 
from the flee Deer in ey in ne pileying Particulars, 
and n hau 
VIZ. they are taller, longer legged, ai fo well nched as 
thofe of Europe; their h are but litle palmated, ne a 
bending forward, as the others do backward, and fpread but littl 
Their tails are longer. In colour thefe Deer are little different from 
‘the European fallow De except that while young their fkins are 
r the Sea they are always lean, and ill tafted, 
and are fubje& to bo = breeding, in their heads and throats, which 
frequently difcharge at their Nof 
CAPREA Greenlandica. 
The Greenland Deer. 
N the year 1738 and 1739, Sir Hans Sloane had brought him 
from Greenland a buck and a doe of this kind of Deer. The 
buck was about the height a calf of a month old, 
diftance fo much refembled one, that at firft view it ha taken 
for a calf, before the horns were grown é Deer have thicker 
necks, and larger limbs, than th fallow deers the horns 
much curved, and ftand bending forward, the brow antlers are placed 
near together, and are palmated. In Winter they are warmly cloath- 
ed, with thick woolly ‘hair, of a dufky whit olour, which at the 
approach of Spring falls off, and is fucceeded b oler Summer 
covering of fhort {mooth hair, of a poe ok oes have 
anner covered 
o be a di Gc yaaa of Dect from the 
Rein. De of eid 
Le Cerf d’ Amérique. 
Ce Te Stig i ie bio a ge rouge a europe par Sa 
r, fa forme, & fos nd 
& ae pate a fi € plu. a cornes ne fe nt pas paumées, ‘mais 
7 ois de ae Arial pefe plus de trente hvres. Ce es cerfs 
mk nent ian ent I is baffle, es S’attrou, dans 
e parties les plus haute d 
appelle tet ae élans, de méme 
Francois d’Am e apple cet Animal pei du Dans la 
nouvelle An vee on le connoit fous le nom ote" os pour te 
diftinguer de VP animal. He ‘al ? ils appellent Moole noir. 
A Mer ICANAs 
Le Daim fauve. 
L*s S daims fauves font les sens . fe ees is ~ pai tique; & 
different des dgims oe aes tre dan ts fuivans. 
dls font plus hauts, longus se en moins belle que 
ceux ad’ Kurope ‘ata ornes oe es: elles panchent autant 
en avant a celles des autres ioe pene en arriere, & Sont pete 
& 
rt ont la qa plus longue que le 
di diferent fairs pour la ee eh a ques ey “tb Sont j 
peau t achetée de blanc, Prés de la Mer, Ils font indies. maigres, 
ie mauvais oe it; & it's asa eo ie dans ne tétes oe dans 
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“rS. Force. Fa 
3's 
Rail tan quad. p. go. 
ie Daim de la terre verte. 
Eases on apporta de laTeérre verte a Monfieur le be 
EN 1738 
"— valier Sloane, un male, & un ae 4 eo ve su lee ece de daim 
ie nviron ka la Bautesir aun s3 il lui iene 
Sloit tellement de loin, que d’abord on os Fe ne un veal, avant qu 
les connes lui fuffent venues. Ces fortes de daims ont le cou, & les 
brés plus gros que les ordinaires. Leurs cornes font ‘trés 
courbées, €P fe replient en a leur maitres andouillers fe touchent, 
ont ? mas En Hiver ils font couverts d’une laine épaiffe d’un blanc 
Sale, qui les tient chaudement, 8 qui tombe a V'approche ss Printéiips. 
Elle oft reste par un habit d’ Eté a frais, ar ¢ he : i ae 
court, €F uni. Les fémelles ont auffi des cornes. 
couvert de poil d’une facon finguliere. Il Pes: a ce ae - Aips e 
daim, qui differe des rennes de la Laponie 
COON TC Ti ot aan 
The Rabbet. 
HE Rabbet of Ce is alfo common to de other Nor- 
into hollow trees, into whi 
by kindling a fire, the ears {mothers and compels them to drop 
down, and f taken. utumn n thefe Babbery are aes to 
>» 
Le Lapin. 
TE ed de la Caroline ue a ee oe toutes les autres parties 
Septentrionales de VA Vappeile communément Sod 
Ts pea “differ tres peu a Bae ee Wey par fa couleur SF fa 
fee le uleur de fa a ‘i Ces lapins ne font pas de 
5 pow is freq t les marais, Je cachent 
dans ae bane fai de j jons ae ein ’ean. Quand on le 
it lever, ils courent fe réfugier dans des arbres creux, oi ils fe Patios 
] Pf if mais en alluman = be dans ces 
fumée qui | ‘ ree de fe laiffer 
ils Jon at pti. En Automue ces one font fujets 
a des vers qui s ee entre cuire & chair 
s étouffe ey 
MAR MOTA Americana. 
The Monax. 
HIS Animal is about the bignefs of a wild rabbet; and of a 
rown colour. The head allo refembles moft that ofa ae 
that the ears are fhort like thofe of a fquirrel. 
are ete thofe of a rat, the tail like that of a {quirrel, bie mmch 
La Marmote Amériquaine, 
ET Animal ie environ de la groffeur i un lapin oes ; oe dune 
couleur bru Sa téte reffemble extri 
excepté quil a oreilles courtes, comme a 
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pits de rat, & la quete d'un écureuil, mais reeeaiy moits  garnie de 
poil 
