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NATURAL HISTORY 
AXIS. 
The Axis is of the small number of rumi- 
nating animals that wear horns, like the stag. 
He has the shape and swiftness of the fal- 
low-deer ; but what distinguishes him from 
the stag and fallow-deer is, that his body is 
marked with white spots, elegantly disposed, 
and separated one from another; anu that 
he is a native of hot countries. The stag 
and the deer, on the other hand, have their 
coat of a uniform colour; and are to be met 
with in greater numbers. The Axis resem- 
bles the deer in the size of his body, length 
of his tail, and his coat, which is the same 
during his whole life. He can hardly bo 
said to differ from that animal in any thing 
but his horns, which nearly resemble thos® 
of the stag. 
