THE REIN-DEER. 
Cervus Tarandus. Linn. 
To the superficial observer, who is contented with a 
glance at things as they are, and cares little by what 
agency this state of things has been brought about, it 
may possibly appear that the various races of domes- 
ticated quadrupeds have existed such as they are now, 
from the creation downwards, the patient and enduring 
slaves of man, constantly drudging in his service, minis- 
tering to his wants, and subservient to his will. But 
to such an assumption, reason and analogy, past history 
and present experience, alike afford the most positive 
and unequivocal contradiction. Every thing tends to 
prove, beyond the possibility of doubt, that all these 
races have been gradually reclaimed from a state of 
nature by the persevering industry of man, who has 
reaped, in the services which they have been taught 
to render him, only the just reward of his patience and 
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