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are very long on the sides of the head posteriorly, 

 and on the neck, particularly beneath ; and there is 

 on the posterior and outer aspect of the hind legs a 

 brush of tawny hair, which surrounds a narrow, long, 

 horny substance. The ears are white anteriorly, 

 and clothed with tufted hairs; exteriorly, their co- 

 lour is the same with that of the neighbouring parts. 

 There is a naked triangular space round the lachry- 

 mal opening near the inner angle of the orbit. The 

 hoofs are small. 



In confinement, this animal was remarkably gentle 

 with its keeper; but so soon as the rutting season 

 commenced in autumn, it became furious, and x>n 

 the approach of any one threw itself against the sides 

 of its enclosures, uttering a shrill very strong cry. 

 In America, the young are brought up and trained 

 for the sledges. In England, they have also been 

 often kept in confinement, and have even bred ; and 

 Lord Glenlyon is said to have had several descents 

 from the pair which in 1822 were exhibited at Cha- 

 ring-Cross. These had the same gentle manners 

 with the Parisian specimens. 



The horns of this deer are of immense develop- 

 ment, being said to reach a length of six feet. Ma- 

 jor Smith possesses a drawing, in which they are 

 shown five feet in length. The brow and antlers are 

 the largest ; and he observes, that they seem instru- 

 ments of use, for when a small split pine, or bar of a 

 split fence, sixteen or eighteen feet in length, lies in 



