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Rangifer tarandus. 

 PLATE VI. 



Cervus tarandus, Linnaeus and Authors. 



As with the moose or elk, we shall consider the 

 history of the Rein-Deer separately, as an inhabitant 

 of the Old and New World. In both he fills a very 

 important part in the economy of the native tribes ; 

 but it is marked with this peculiarity, that in the 

 one he is hunted in a state of nature, while in the 

 other the greater proportion of the race is under the 

 guidance and protection of man, and is considered 

 as part of the riches and private property of the in- 

 dividuals. Also as with the animal above alluded 

 to, they present varieties in the different countries, 

 which have yet been not defined, and which may ul- 

 timately lead to a distinction of the species which 

 inhabit the two continents. We shall first notice 

 the rein-deer in America. 



The works of Hearne, Hutchins, Pennant, Say, 

 and more lately of Dr Richardson, have given many 

 details regarding this animal. It inhabits a great 

 range of country, nearly as far south as Canada, and 



