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THE UEIS'-DEER. 
extending norih farther than any other deer. Two 
varieties at least exist, named by Dr Rieliardson, 
the Barren-ground Caribou, and the Woodland Ca- 
ribou. The latter is the smallest in size, is less es- 
teemed, and in every way reekoned inferior to the 
other. It inhabits a limited track of country, a stripe 
of low primitive rocks, well clothed with woods, 
about one hundred miles wide, and extending, at thi; 
distance of eighty or a hundred miles from the shores 
of Hudson’s Bay, from Athapascow Lake to Lake 
Superior ; and it is curious, tliat the woodland cari- 
l/on migrates or travels to the southward in the 
spring — a direction opposite to that of those inha- 
biting the barren grounds. This' animal requires in- 
vestigation. A naturalist has yet not had an oppor- 
tunity ; and it is much more than probable that it 
may turn out to be distinct from either the other in- 
habitants of America or those of Europe. Horns 
of another allied deer are described by Major Smith, 
under the title of C. coronatus. The honis of this 
variety are known to differ from the others. * 
The barren-ground caribou of Dr Richardson is 
distributed over the fur countries, and passes the 
summer on the shores of the Arctic Sea. This is 
an animal of a small size, weighing, when in good 
condition, and without the offal, from 90 to 130 lb. 
During summer tliey migrate to the coast, and feed 
on the young shoots of the grasses which commence 
to spring up in the sheltered arctic valleys. They 
• Rich. Faun. Amcric. i. 2J0. 
