326 THE ELK AND 



near the pole, bat inhabits Norway * Sweden f, 

 Poland J, Lithuania ||, Ruffia §, and Siberia and 

 Tartary **, as far as the north of China. In 

 Canada, and in all the northern parts of Ameri- 

 ca, we meet with the elk, under the name of 



the 



* See the chafe of the elk in Norway, by the Sieur de la 

 Martiniere, in his Voyage to the North, p. 10. 



f Alces habitat in filvis Sueciae, rarius obvius hodie, quam 

 olim ; Linn. Fauna Suecica, p. 13. 



X Tenent alces praegrandes Albae Ruffiae fylvae, fovent 

 Palatinatis varii, Novogrodenfis, Breftianenfis, Kiovienfis, 

 Volhinenfis circa Stefan, Sandomirienfis circa Nijko, Livon'r- 

 enfis in Capitaneatibus quatuor ad Poloniae regnum perti- 

 nentibus, Varrnra iis non dellituitur ; Rzaezynfki au£iuarium> 



h 3?5- 



|| The Lnjfoi the Lithuanians, the Lozzi of the Musco- 

 vites, the Oelg of the Norwegians, the Elend of the Germans, 

 and the Alee of the Latins, denote the fame animal: It is 

 very different irom the Norwegian Rhen-, which is the rain- 



deev No elks are produced in Lapland ; but they are 



brought from other places, and particularly from Lithuania. 



They are found in South Finland, in Carclia, and in 



Ruffia ; Hi/}, de la Lapponie, par Scbejfer,p. 310. 



§ In the neighbourhe<id of Irkutzk, there are elks, flags, 

 £;c. ; Voyage de Gmg/in, torn. 2. p. 165 — The elks are common 

 in the countries of the Manheous Tartars and of the Solons ; 

 Id. ib. 



* * The Tartarian animal called Han-ta-han by the Chinefe 

 appears to be the fame with the eik. * The han-ta-han,* 

 fay the MilTionaries, « is an animal which refembles the elk. 

 ' The hunting of it is a common exercife in the country of 



* the Solons, and the Emperor Kam-hi fometimes partakes 



* of this amufement. There are han-ta hans as large as our 



* oxen. Tiiey are only found in particular cantons, efpeci- 

 ' ally toward the mountains of Sevelki, in marihy grounds 

 'which they are fond of, and where they are eafily hunted, 



* becaufe their weight retards their flight ;' Hlfl. gen. de: 

 voyages t torn, l6.p. 602. 



