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an excellent inftrument to remove the fnow, under which 

 its favourite mofs lies. Both fexes have horns : Thofe 

 of the female are lefs, and have fewer branches. 



We are happy in being able to give an accurate repre- 

 fentation of this lingular creature. The drawing was 

 taken from one in the pofTefiion of Sir H. G. Liddell, 

 Bart. ; which he brought over from Lapland, with four 

 others, in 1786. The height at the fhoulder was three 

 feet three inches : The hair on the body was of a dark- 

 brown colour; and on the neck, brown, mixed with 

 white : A large tuft of hair, of a dirty- white colour* 

 hung down from the throat, near its bread ; and it had 

 a large white fpot on the infide of each hind leg, clofe 

 by the joint: Its head was long and fine; and round 

 each eye was a large black fpace : Its horns were covered 

 with a fine down, like velvet. The hoofs of this animal 

 are large, broad, and deeply cloven : They fpread out to 

 a great breadth on the ground ; and, when the animal is 

 in motion, make a crackling noife, by being drawn up 

 forcibly together. 



Not many attempts have been made to draw the Rein- 

 deer from its native mountains, and tranfport it to mild- 

 er climes; and of thefe, few have fucceeded. Natural- 

 ifts from thence have concluded, that it cannot exifl: but 

 amidft ice and fnow. M. BufFon regrets the impoflibi- 

 lity of procuring the animal alive ; and fays, that when 

 tranfported to another climate, it foon dies. M. Regnard 

 mentions fome that were brought to Dantzick ; where, 

 being unable to endure the heat of the climate, they all 

 perifhed. Queen Chriftina of Sweden procured five and 

 twenty, which {he purpofed fending to Oliver Cromwell: 

 They were brought as far as Stockholm; but the Lap- 

 landers who attended them refufing to come to England 



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