348 UNGULATA. 



horns like a Stag, short Tail, rough Neck, Hair colour'd 

 according to the several Seasons of the Year, broad and 

 long Ears, hanging Lips, little Teeth, and Skin so thick as 

 not easie to be pierced : The Females differ from the 

 Males, for they have no Horns ; both may easily be made 

 tame : when hunted they vomit out a sort of scalding 

 Liquor on the dogs : they have great force in their Claws, 

 for they can kill a Wolf with the same at one blow : their 

 Flesh, either fresh or salted, is a good Diet : their Claws 

 also cure the Falling-sickness." 



NOKTH AMERICAN OR VIRGINIAN DEER. 

 Cariacus virginidmts. 



The Virginian Deer, called also the White-tailed 

 Deer, is widely distributed, but has of late much dimin- 

 ished in numbers. It formerly inhabited the Eastern 

 States of. America in vast quantities, and is still found 

 in Montana. It also exists in large quantities in the 

 islands of Alaska, but very few are now found in 

 Canada. 



This Deer is of a light grey colour, sometimes marked 

 with small spots, especially on the hind-quarters. The 

 hair is rather short and bristly. The horns are small, 

 branched, and abruptly curved forward ; the points are 

 sometimes abnormally abundant, as many as forty being 

 found on one head. 



The skins of the Virginian Deer were imported in 

 great quantities, and exported from London to Germany, 

 where they were used in the manufacture of leather 

 leggings for the Bavarian peasants. 



