EUROPE. 



Buck Wteat. 



White Clover. 



,^'cadoic Clorer 



cuk 



Lucerne. 



Comparative Size of the Animals of Europe. 

 1. Wild Bull. — 2. Stag. — 3. Wild Boar. — 4. Fallow Deor. — 5. 

 Reindeer. — 6. Brown Bear. — 7. Ibex. — 8. Chamois. — 9. Lynx. — 

 10. Wild Cat. — 11 Roe Buck. — I'S. Musmon. — 13. Great Bustard. 



— 14. Stork. — 15. Lammergeyer. — 16. Falcon. — 17. Nightingale. 



— 18. Marmot. 



US, saxifrages, primula, moss, 

 lichens; and there also occur abun- 

 dance of stunted or pigmy trailing 

 sl!rubs,such as bilberries ( Vaccinium 

 myrtillxis) ., and whortleberries {V. 

 uliginosum) dwarf willows (Salix 

 herbacea), crowberries (Empelrum 

 «(OTtn!i), bear's foot ( Uvc. nesi), and 

 the like. These changes occur with 

 the change of laiiiude in the low 

 country, but similar alterations take 

 place, if we ascend from the plains 

 to the mountains. In Sicily, for in- 

 stance, from the tropical vegetation 

 of the valleys, you may ascend 

 through that of tlvo temperate and 

 frigid zones, by climbing the lofty 

 flanks of Etna. 



12. Jiaiinah.* The Vvild Bull 

 or aurocks (Bos urns) is chiefly 

 to be met with in llio e>:tensive 

 forests of Lithuania. It is black, 

 and of great size ; the eyes are 

 red and fiery ; ti;e horns thick 

 and short, and the forehead cover- 

 ed with a quantity of curled hair. 

 This animal greatly resembles the 

 tame kind. The Musmon (Ovis 

 musmon) is considered as a link 

 between the sheep and goat, resem- 

 bling both of them. It is found in 

 Greece, Sardinia, Corsica, and 

 'J'artary. It is strong and muscu- 

 lar, and runs with great agility over 

 the most dangerous precipices. It 

 is very timid, and seldom taken 

 alive. The Goat is very abundant 

 in Great Britain ; and the north of 

 England and Scotland arc much re- 

 sorted to for the purpose of drink- 

 ing the milk, which is of great ben- 



* The native animals of Europe are not very numerous, been introduced from other coimtries. The horse, which 

 nor greatly varied in their kinds; many, however, nave was brought from Arabia, has, by r.ullivalion and ednca- 



