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THE REIN-DEER. 
Jlangifer iarandus. 
PLATE VI. 
Cervus tarandus, Linnaus and Authors. 
As with the moose or elk, we shall consulej the 
history of the Rein-Deer separately, as an mhabUant 
o the Old and New World. In both he fills a vevy 
ilportant part in the eeono.ny of the native tnb ; 
but it is marked with this peculiarity, ^ 
one he is hunted in a state of nature, while m he 
other the greater proportion of the race is ua( er le 
;:;danceLd protection of man, and is con.der^d 
as part of the riches and private property of the n- 
divWuals. Also as with the animal above alluded 
to, they present varieties in the different countries, 
which have yet been not defined, and which may ul- 
timately lead to a distinction of the species whml^ 
inhabit the two continents. We shall fiist 
the rein-deer in America. n or,r Sav 
The works of Hearne, Hutchins, Pennant, y, 
and more lately of Dr Richardson, have given many 
details regarding this animal. It inha its a grea 
range of country, nearly as far south as anat a, an 
