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THE ELK AND 



* eats only the annual moots of trees. Where 

 4 the Savages find the wood eaten in this man- 



* ner, they foon meet with the animals, which 



* are never very diftant, and are eafily taken, 

 ' becaufe they cannot run expeditioufly. They 

 ' throw darts at them, which confiit of large 



* ftaves, pointed with a bone, which pierces like 



* a fword. When there are many orignals in a 



* flock, the Savages put them to flight. The 



* orignals, in this cafe, march at one another's 



* tails, and make a circle fometimes of more 



* than two leagues, and, by their frequent turn- 

 ' ing round, tread the fnow fo hard, that they 



* no longer fink in it. The Savages lie in am- 

 '• bufcade, and kill the animals with darts as they 

 4 pafs.' From comparing this relation with thofe 

 already quoted, it is apparent, that the American 

 Savage and the orignal are exact copies of the 

 European Laplander and the elk. 



SUPPLEMENT. 



Addition to the article Elk and Rain- deer, by 

 ProfeJJbr Allamand. 



M. de Buffon is of opinion, that the European 

 elk is likewife found in North America under 

 the appellation of Orignal. If any difference 

 exifts, it confifts in magnitude only, which va- 

 ries 



