OF DBER IN GENERAL. 



assert, inhabits the country seven or eight hundred 

 miles west of York-Fort ; and to which they give 

 the name of Waskesseu. This animal has been 

 said, by some writers of natural history, to be that 

 from which the prodigious fossil horns, (sometimes 

 measuring twelve feet and upwards from tip to 

 tip,) have been produced. 



Under each of the eyes of several species of 

 Deer, there is a kind of slit, or lachrymal hole, as 

 it is usually called. This is supposed to be of use 

 in affording the animals a free respiration, when 

 pursued by their enemies. 



The flesh of Deer is called venison; and is eaten 

 with avidity in every country where the animals 

 are found. Their skin, horns, and hair, are of 

 use in manufactures of different kinds; and, in 

 a commercial view, some of them are highly im- 

 portant. 



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