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_ and fine; fome fay, fatter than when they are in 1772. 
_ the beft order; the truth of which, I will not ~—.—~ 
confirm. They are fo efteemed here, however, eres: 
that many of them are brought down to the 
Company’s Factory at York as prefents, and are 
_efteemed a great luxury, probably for no other 
reafon but that they are far-fetched; for they 
are by no means {fo large, and I think them not 
fo fine, as a neat’s tongue in England. 
_ The moofe deer is alfo a large beaft, often ex- 
ceeding the largeft horfe both in height and bulk; 
but the length of the legs, the bulk of the body, 
the fhortnefs of the neck, and the uncommon 
length of the head and ears, without any appear- 
ance of atail, make them have a very aukward 
appearance. The males far exceed the females 
in fize, and differ from them in colour. The 
hair of the male, which is long, hollow, and foft, 
like that of a deer, is at the points nearly black, 
but a little way under the furface it is of an afh- 
colour, and at the roots perfe@ly white. The 
hair of the female is of a fandy brown, and in 
fome parts, particularly under the throat, the 
belly, and the flank, is nearly white at the fur- 
face, and moft delicately fo at the root. 
Their legs are fo long, and their necks fo fhort, 
that they cannot graze on level ground like other 
animals, but are obliged to brouze on the tops of 
‘large plants and the leaves of trees during the 
Summer ; ; and in Winter they always feed on the 
jtops of willows, and the {mall branches of the 
birch. 
