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as any of the species can be obtainpcl, the musk bag should 

 be removed, as, should it be periTiitted to remain with the 

 ekin, the Musk will soon be abf>orbed, which, though it will 

 contribute to preserve the sk'in from the attacks of insects, 

 the perfume will be so stroa^ as to be quite offensive. 



3. Cervus. Stag. HbriJt annual, solid, branched, the tips 



thicker and covered with a downy skin; lower /roni 

 teeth eight ; tusis wanting, or solitary in the upper 

 jaw. 



The Animals called Deer, contribute largely to the com- 

 fort of Man, aM the species are useable as food, and th» 

 skins and horn?, are convertible into various useful purposes • 

 they are natires of mountainous and woody situations ; seve- 

 ral of the sfjeciesare easily domesticated ; their food is grass, 

 the young shoots, branches, and bark of trees, also Mosses 

 and Lickt ns. They are found in countries in the extremes 

 of heat and cold. 



4. Cameteopardalis. Giraffe. Horn-like projections two, 



simple, covered with skin ; lower front teeth eight, 

 broad, thin, the outer one on each side deeply bilobate. 



The best account we have of this gigantic Animal, is in the 

 travels of Mons. Le Vaillant, who found it in the interior of 

 Southern Africa, it is the tallest of all known Quadru- 

 peds, individuals having been seen, measuring seventeen 

 feet in height. Its pace is an awkward amble, but it is 

 80 exceedingly quick, as easily to outrun the fleetest horse ; 

 it is very shy, and is amongst the rarest quadrupeds. It feeds 

 on grass, and the leaves and shoots of the different species of 

 Mimosa, so abundant in the forests of Africa, 



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