128 HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS- 



The AXIS, or Ganges STAG, 



is an inhabitant of thofe immenfe plains of India, wa- 

 tered by the river Ganges. — M. Buffon confiders it as a 

 variety or {hade between the Stag and the Fallow-deer. 

 It is of the fize of the latter; but its horns are round, 

 like thofe of the Stag; and it has no brow antlers. Its 

 whole body is marked with white fpots, elegantly dif- 

 pofed, and diftin£t. from each other; the belly, infide of 

 the thighs, and legs, are white; along the back there 

 are two rows of fpots, parallel to each other ; thofe on 

 the other parts of the body are irregular; the head and 

 neck are grey; and the tail, which is red above and 

 white beneath, is as long as that of the Fallow-deer. 



The continent of America abounds with Stags, and 

 other animals of the Deer kind, in great variety. In 

 fome parts of that vaft country, the inhabitant:} have 



