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that I have feen fome, which after being feparatect 

 from the fkull weighed fixty pounds a pair. Their 

 legs are very fhort, fo that this wool continually 

 trails along the ground as they walk ; which ren- 

 ders them fo deformed, that at a fmall diftance you 

 can hardly diftinguiih on which fide the head (lands* 

 There is no great number of thefe animals, fo that 

 had the Indians been fent out to hunt them, the 

 fpecies had before now been entirely deftroyed. Add 

 to this, that as their legs are very fhort, they are 

 killed when the fnow lies deep, with lances, and 

 are utterly incapable of efcaping. 



The moft common animal in Canada at this day 

 is the roe- buck, which differs in nothing from 

 ours. He is faid to fhed tears when he finds him- 

 felf hard prefled by the huntfmen. When young 

 his fkin is firiped with different colours ; afterwards 

 this hair falls off, and other hair of the fame colour 

 with that of the reft of thefe animals grows up in 

 its Head. This creature is far from being fierce, 

 and is eafily tamed ; he appears to be naturally a 

 lover of mankind. The tame female retires to the 

 woods when fhe is in rut, and after fhe has had the 

 male, returns to her mailer's houfe. When the 

 time of bringing forth is come, fhe retires once 

 more to the woods, where fhe remains fome days 

 with her young, and after that fhe returns to fhew 

 herfelf to her mailer; fhe conftanriy vifits her young; 

 they follow her when they think it is time, and 

 take the fawns, which fhe continues to nourifh in 

 the houfe. It is furprifing enough any of our ha- 

 bitations mould be without whole herds of them ; 

 the Indians hunt them only occafionally. 



There are alfo many wolves in Canada, or rather 

 a kind of cats, for they have nothing of the wolf 



but 



