\6o THE ELK AND 



ceived tufks, though they had not yet pierced 

 the gums ; and I obferved no fuch appearance 

 in the under jaw. Horfes have tufks in both 

 jaws ; but mares feldom have any. The fallow- 

 deer, both mal£s and females, feldom or never 

 have tufts. But I lately procured the head of 

 a hind recently brought forth, which had a large 

 tulle in the left fide of the upper jaw : Nature 

 is fo various in this article, that no conftant rule 

 can be eftablifhed. There are fix grinders in 

 each fide of both jaws, or twenty-four in all. 



I have nothing to remark concerning the 

 horns ; for they were only beginning to fhoot : 

 One of them was an inch, and the other an 

 inch and a half high. Their bafe was fituated 

 nearer the occiput than the orbit of the eye. 

 The hair which covered them was beautifully 

 turned-, and of a gray colour, inclining to black. 

 In viewing the two (hoots at a diftanCe, they 

 had the appearance of two large mice fitting on 

 the animal's head. 



^he neck is fhort, and more arched than that 

 of the fheep, but lefs than that of the camel. 

 The body feemed to be naturally robuft. The 

 back is a little elevated toward the ihoulders, and 

 pretty ftraight every where elfe, though the ver? 

 tebrae are fomewhat arched. 



Tbc-.tail is very frnall, bent downward, and 

 ramifhed with long bufhy hair. 



The te (tides arc very fmall, and appear not 



itliout the body, The penis is not large. 



The 



