i88 • FAUNULA OF CHINA. 



I. Hoofed. Deer.— Stag, N* 54. In 7unan, fays Du Hcilde, i. 122, not 



taller than common dogs. 

 Fallow Deer, N* 53. 



Roe-buck, N° 61, poffibly this fpecies is the tail-lefs, N' 62, 

 being fo near to the regions where that alone is known. 



lAvsK.— Thibet, N' 65, according to 'DoCi.ov Forjler, is found in 

 China. 



Camel. — The two bunched, N* 69, B. is very common, both 

 tame and wild, the laft only in the deferts ; the tame is a 

 beaft of burden, as in other places. The camels with feet 

 of the "joind, are famed for their fuiftnefs. This animal 

 enters into the materia medica of Chijia ; the fat is called 

 the oil of bunches ; the flefh, the milk, and even the 

 hair, and very dung, are admitted into the prefcrip- 

 tions. 



Hog. — " Neque alio ex animali numerofior materia ganece ;" a 

 remark oiPHnfs, may be as well applied to the Chinefe^LS to 

 the Romans. No animal fupplies them with more deli- 

 cacies, for it is the foundation of all their feafts, and is in 

 feafon the whole year round. Their hams are allowed to 

 be exquifite in the tafte of every nation. 



JRiiiNOCEROs. — DuHalde, i. 121, fays that the Rhinoceros^ N" 81, 

 is found in the province of fl^jang-fi, in Lat. 25°. 



Elephant. 



