CHAPTER VIII. 



A CHAPTER ON THE MAMMALIA BELONGING TO THIS 

 DISTRICT. 



THE different quadrupeds met with in the district 

 around Quickiock I shall just slightly notice, with- 

 out going into their natural history or habits, for 

 I can state nothing new with respect to any one 

 of them. 



I have already noticed the reindeer; but I 

 cannot help here contradicting the statement I 

 met with in "Wood's Natural History/' quoted 

 from the Field newspaper, where the writer says : 

 " There is nothing of the antlered monarch about 

 the reindeer, but a careworn, nervous expression, 

 which I do not wonder at, considering how they 

 are bullied. There are creatures which sting them 

 all over, and creatures which lay their eggs in 

 their ears and nostrils, and make themselves com- 

 fortable under their skin ; and wolves, and glut- 

 tons, and dogs, and Laps ; in short, I know of no 

 animal so persecuted, barring a rat (and he has 

 his revenge, and lives on the fat of the land), and 

 nothing in return except snow and moss, which 



