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In the valleys, where the soil is half sand and half 
clay, it. is still frozen, at the close of summer, 
two feet below the surface. Had it not been for 
these circumstances, the skin and other soft parts 
could not have been so long preserved. This crea- 
ture could not have been transported from the 
torrid zone to these frozen regions, except at the 
time of the deluge; the ancient chronologies being 
silent concerning any later change, to which might 
be attributed these remains of the rhinoceros, mam- 
moth, &c. every where found throughout Siberia.” 
—T. iv. 130. 
It is in this work likewise that we find the first 
detailed account of the Dziggtar or wild horse of 
Tartary, which the natives assert is the swiftest of 
animals, the fleetest of horses not being able to 
approach it. Its whole natural history is most 
fully dwelt upon (T. iv. 306), but must here be 
omitted, as must also many notices we had marked 
about domestic cattle, sheep, goats, seals, ermines, 
hares, &c. 
And as with these mammalia, so must it be with 
birds. His notice concerning the golden eagle 
(Chrysetos) is very curious, and we think new. 
“ There is,” he remarks, “ another singular branch 
of commerce: the Russians sell many golden eagles 
in barter to the Tartars. These birds are very 
much in request by the Kirguis, who train them to 
chase the wolf, the fox, and the gazelle. According 
to certain markings and movements, these people 
judge of the bird’s excellence and its capability of 
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