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The rein-deer, unharness'd, in freedom shall play, 

 And safely o'er Odon's steep precipice stray ; 

 The wolf to the forest's recesses shall fly, 

 And howl to the moon as she glides through the sky. 



IAPLAND SON6. 



THE REIN-DEER. 



General description. 



THE general height of this animal is about four 

 feet; but one, formerly in the possession of Sir 

 H. G. Liddell, barl. is said to have measured 

 only three feet three inches from the hoof to the 

 shoulder. The hair on the body is of a dark 

 brown colour, and on the neck, brown mixed 

 with white; but as the animal advances in age it 

 often becomes of a greyish hue. The space 

 about the eyes is always black. A large tuft 

 of hair depends from the throat, near the 

 breast. The hoofs are long, broad, and deeply 

 cloven ; the under part is covered with hair, in 



