SUPPLEMENT 



TO THE 



ZOOLOGICAL PART. 



V O L. L 



CLASS I. Q__U A D R U P E D s. 



TH E Elk has deferted the fouth of Sweden for a confiderablc P. 17. 



time ; ftill fome are found in the forefts near Sioekholm, more 

 or fewer, according to the year, for they are a fort of vagabond animals. . 

 The chace is entirely referved for the nobility or gentry ; and even 

 they are prohibited from killing them before the a4th o( Augujly under 

 penalty of fifty ri;c-f/(?//^rj, or 1 1 /. 13 j. 4</. The inhabitants diflikc 

 them greatly as neighbors,, fo much mifchief do they do in the culti- 

 vated grounds. In May, June, and July, they are fo bold, that the peo- 

 ple are obliged to drive them away with blows of a flick : after that 

 they are more difficult of approach. In Jemtlmd, a province of 

 'Norland, their chace is free to every one. The largeft Elk Mr. 

 Oedman ever heard of, weighed eleven hundred and fixty pounds. A 

 fawn of this fpecies, taken very young, is capable of being eafily 

 tamed, and may be made as familiar as a dog ; but the male becomes 

 fierce when it is in heat, at left if it is not caftrated. It will drink 

 greedily of wine, if given to it 5 and when it gets drunk, it will fnorc 



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