50 REIN AND FALLOW DEER. 



k out ©f its noftrils. Tn a wild ftate, this animal feeds on the lichens-^ 

 bark of the afpen poplar, t-he grey and the goat willows : when tamCj. 

 it eats hay, and is very fond of peas fbraw } but the laft muft be given, 

 in fmall quantity, as it is apt to produce a fatal coftivenefs. When 

 the female is clofely purfued by the dogs, it will fling itfelf into the 

 water with its fawn, and will continue fwimming with it for many 

 hours. She rarely brings more than one at a time. During winter, 

 when the ground is covered with fnow, the hunter cloaths himfelf 

 with white linen, in order to render himfelf lefs. vifible. — Mr. 

 Oedman. 



22» Wild Rein-deer are very fcarce in the north of Sweden : the Wolves; 



having almoft extirpated this fine and ufeful animal. It is certain 

 that horfes cannot bear the fmell of xhc Rein ; they will, even on. 

 the firft perception, become unmanageable, fo that the riders cannot 

 without difficulty keep them from running away with them. — Mr,. 

 Oedman,. 



27. It is pofitively laid by Siiernhook, in his treatife De jure Sueonum 



'vetiijioy that in old time Stags were unknown in Sweden, and that 

 they were introduced there but a little before the time of Gufta'aus- 

 Erickfon, who began his reign in 1521. Such Stags (fays he, to dif- 

 tinguifh them from the Rein-deer), which are now found in our fou- 

 ■ thern provinces. Let me add, that it is certain that they have alfo 

 long fince reached Norway. — P. 



•^2, Fallow-deer feem not to have been natives of Sweden-, there are 



none in the forefts, but which have efcaped out of the king's 



parks: fuch as thofe near the capital; in the ifle of Oeland; that of 



Wejengore, in lake Wetter ; and at Omherg. Even Stags are rare in a 



ilate of nature and thofe only in the forefts oi Smaland. — M.^, Oedman. 



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