66 HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



verings : The horns are made ufe of for a variety of ufe- 

 ful purpofes. 



This creature has been known to breed with the 

 Sheep; and, from that circumftance, is fuppofed, by M. 

 BufFon and others, to be the primitive race. 



The female of this fpecies is rather lefs than the male ; 

 and her horns never grow to that prodigious fize. 



Thofe of Kamtfchatka are fo ftrong, that ten men can 

 icarcely hold one; and the horns fo large, that young 

 foxes often fhelter themfelves in the hollow of fuch as 

 fall off by accident. They grow to the fize of a young 

 flag, copulate in autumn, and bring forth one young at 

 a time, though fometimes two, 



