REIN-DEER. 
Both sexes are furnished with horns, but those 
of the Female are of very inferior magnitude. 
Both shed their horns annually : the Male, ira- 
mediateiy after the rutting season, about the 
end of November; but the Female, not till 
the middle of May, when she drops her 
Fawns. It is remarkable, that the castrated 
Males, seldom lose their horns till they are 
nine years old. 
The extreme height of the Rein-Deer is 
not more than four feet and a half ; and, fre- 
quently, not so much. The general colour on 
the upper part of the body, is a brown ash- 
colour, growing gradually lighter with age, 
till at last it becomes a greyish white. The 
space round the mouth, all the under parts of 
the body, and the tail, are white. The space 
round the eyes is always black. The fur is 
very thick ; and the hair on the neck, which 
is of much greater length than the rest, forms 
a sort of pendant beard. The tail is very 
short. The hoofs, and false hoofs behindj 
are large and black ; and, by their collision, 
when the animal is running, they make a re- 
markable 
