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At the age of five years, the length of this creature 

 Was nine feet, from the end of the muzzle to the infer- 

 tion of the tail ; the head and neck being extended in a 

 line with the body : Its height at the fhoulder was four 

 feet fix inches; length of the head, one foot fix inches; 

 breadth over the forehead, feven inches ; length of the 

 fore legs, two feet five inches ; length of the neck, two 

 feet fix its ears, nine inches ; and tail, three. Its horns* 

 which it had juft flied, are not palmated, like thofe of 

 the Moofe : They are large ; and, when full grown, mea- 

 fure above fix feet, from tip to tip. The antlers are 

 round, and pointed at the ends : The lowermoft antler 

 forms a curve downward over each eye, to which it ap- 

 pears a defence* Its hair was long, of a dark dun colour 

 on the back and fides ; on the head and legs, dark-brown: 

 Its eyes full and lively; and below each eye there is a 

 deep flit, about two inches in length, the ufe of which we 

 are unable to difcover. 



It was very lively and active ; of great ftrength of bo- 

 dy and limbs : Its hoofs fhort, and like thofe of a calf ; 

 the divifion between them is lefs than in thofe of the 

 Rein-deer ; and, when the animal is in motion, they do 

 not make a rattling noife. It has no mane ; but the hair 

 under its neck is longer than that on any other part of 

 the body. 



We were told by the owner of this very rare and beau- 

 tiful animal, that it does not attain its full growth till 

 twenty years old, and that it (heds its horns every third 

 year. 



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