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forefters a beaft of company. In his fourth 

 year he aflumes the title of a wild boar 

 ranges the foreft alone becomes royal game 

 and at this day furnimes amufement for half the 

 princes of the empire. 



From the forefts of the Pyrennees, when 

 winter rages, the famimed wolves rum down 

 in troops. All the country is in arms ; and 

 the utmoft vigilance and force, of men and 

 dogs, can fcarce reprefs fuch a torrent of 

 invafion, 



In the gloomy forefts of Lapland, where 

 the pine is covered with black mofs, the hardy 

 rein-deer browzes. If he defcend into the 

 plain, his food differs only in hue. With 

 thefe two kinds of mofs, the black, and the 

 white, the whole face of Lapland is difco- 

 loured ; and when the diminutive native of the 

 country fees the waftes around him, abound 

 with this femi-vegetable, he blefles his ftars, 

 and calls it luxury. His rein-deer, fupported 

 by this cheerlefs pafturage, fupplies him with 

 every thing that nature wants. It gives him 

 U 3 food 



