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about the fur establishment of Carlton House, the Indians 

 reckon two Deer indiscriminately, named Apeesce Mong- 

 soos, or Little Moose ; and they are further distinguished 

 by, 1. Athee-Neethoo Apeesce Mongsoos, or real Little 

 Moose; and, 2. Kin-waithoos, or Kin-way thoo weyo 

 Apeesce Mungsoos, or Long-tailed Little Moose ; but 

 whether these names are applicable to the foregoing spe- 

 cies, to Rein-deer, or to species of our group of Mazama, 

 cannot at present be determined. 



The Aigocerine Group. 



This and the following group might be viewed as form- 

 ing one genus, divisible into three subordinate racemi, by 

 characters which are observable through the whole ; but 

 we have already stated the principles which guide our pre- 

 ference to retain them as genuine antelopes. The Aigoceri 

 are distinguished from all other groups of the genus, by 

 the large stature of the species, the elevation of the inter- 

 scapular vertebrae, and the fore-legs being somewhat higher 

 than the posterior. The horns are large, robust, annu- 

 lated, and bent back, as in the Ibex, standing rather near 

 the orbits, and rising vertically from the forehead, with 

 the annuli most prominent towards the front, and reaching 

 upwards to about two-thirds of their whole length ; the 

 rest smooth and pointed: they are invariably black and 

 common to both sexes. The nostrils are placed near a 

 widening half muzzle ; a white streak passes before the 



them over, pointed to the tail of the Ring-tailed Eagle, saying, 

 that they were always obtained from the tail of that bird. It was 

 with the drawing before him that he recognised the Prong-horned 

 Antelope, and observed that in the figure the horns could not 

 shovel the snow, which in the valleys of the Stony Mountains, lies 

 often, according to his account, ten feet thick. We were at that 

 time unacquainted with the palmated species, which it now seems 

 he had in mind. 



