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large horned animal inhabiting the land, and certainly not a rein-deer. It is 
probable that the individuals which extend their summer migration to the 
north-east of Baffin’s Bay, retire during the winter to the continent of 
America, or to its neighbourhood, as the species is unknown in South Green- 
land. There can be no doubt that it was the head of an animal of the present 
species which is described in the Faum Groenlandica to have been conveyed on 
, a piece of ice to the shores of Greenland and which is there erroneously con- 
jectured to have belonged to the Bos Grunniens. It is a curious fact, however, 
that although none of the Greenlanders had ever seen the animal to which 
the head belonged, they should have given it the same name of Umimak, 
as is mentioned by O. Fabricius ; this fact may seem to justify an inference 
that the animal itself was known to them by tradition ; and may thus, in 
some measure, corroborate the general belief that their ancestors came from 
a country to the north and west of the one which they now inhabit. 
The flesh of the bulls which were killed by the expedition was generally 
liked, although tasting strongly of musk. The weight of each individual 
exceeded 700 lbs., yielding about 400 lbs. of meat ; the head and skin weighed 
130 lbs. ; they stood 10| hands high at the withers. A very correct repre- 
sentation of the bull is given in a plate, from a drawing of Lieutenant Beechey’s. 
The projection of the orbits of the eyes in this species is very remarkable, 
when compared with others of the same genus ; it is probably a provision to 
carry the eye clear of the great quantity of hair which the severity of the 
cold renders necessary in such high latitudes. 
9. Cervus Tarandus. Rein-deer. 
Inhabit the North Georgian Islands in summer in considerable numbers, 
arriving towards the middle of May, and retiring to the south before the first 
week in October. In the course of the season 24 were killed, and afforded 
an agreeable supply of fresh provision to the ship s companies. 
The species is too well known to require any further remark. 
