THE RAIN-DEER, 329 



is taller, thicker, and (lands higher on his legs ; 

 his neck is alfo ihorter, his hair longer, and his 

 horns much longer than thofe of the flag. The 

 rain-deer is not fo tall; his limbs * are Ihorter 

 and thicker, and his feet much larger. His 

 hair is very bufhy, and his horns are longer, and 

 divided into a great number of branches "f, cafih 

 of which is terminated by a palm: But thofe of 

 the elk have the appearance of being cut off ab- 

 ruptly, and are furnifhed with broaches. Both 

 have long hair under the neck, fhort tails, and 

 ears much longer than thofe of the Mag. Their 



motion 



* The (lag (lands higher on his legs, but his body is fmal- 

 ler than that of the rain-deer; Hiji. de la Lapponie, par Schef- 

 fcr, p. 205. 



f Many rain-deer have two horns, which bend backward, 

 us thofe of the (lags generally do. From the middle of each 

 a frnall branch iifues, which divides, like thofe of the flag, 

 into feveral antlers that ftrctch forward, and, by their figure 

 and fituation, might pafs for a third horn, though it frequent- 

 ly happens that the large horns pufh out fimilar branches 

 from their own trunks : Thus another fmall branch advances 

 toward the front, and then the animals feem to have four 

 horns, two behind like the (fag, and two before, which lail is 

 peculiar to the rain- deer. The horns of the rain-deer aie 

 alfo ibmetimes difpoied in the following manner ; two bend 

 backward, two fmaller ones mount upward, and two {till 

 fmaller bend forward, being all furnifhed with antlers, and 

 having but one root. Thofe which advance toward the front, 

 as well as thofe which mount upward, are, properly fpeaking, 

 only branches or fhcots of the large horns which bend back- 

 ward like thofe of the (lag. This appearance, however, is 

 not very common; we more frequently fee rain-deer with 

 three horns, and the number of thofe with four, as formerly 

 defcribed, is (till greater. All this'applies only to the males ; 

 for the horns of the females are fmaller, and have nc 

 many branches; Sckeffer, p. 306. 



