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It is a native of fome parts of the Eaft, and is extreamly tame and inoffenfive* The 
Arabians call it Zarnaepa and Giraffa ; moft of our writers, Camelopardalis. The fi¬ 
gure is fo extreamly Angular, that many people thought it a creature of imagination* 
till Bellonius defcribed it from the life. 
Cervus cornuhus acaulibus palmatis, 
*The Cervus , with the horns palmated , and without a Jiem . dfe* 
The elk is a very large and ftrong animal ; it is equal to a well-fized horfe in mag¬ 
nitude, and not inferior in ftrength, but is a much lefs beautiful creature : the head is 
large and oblong, very broad at the forehead, and tapering to the nofe, where it is 
imall but obtufe : the mouth is large, the lips thick, and the teeth ftrong: the eyes 
are moderately large, but they do not ftand prominent; the ears are very remarkably 
large and long; they in this refpedl refemble thofe of the afs, and indeed the female 
elk is not greatly unlike that creature in her general figure : the ears are nine inches 
long, and four in breadth, and are eredt and patulous: the horns are not tall and ra- 
mofe, in the manner of thofe of the generality of the deer-kind, but they arife with a 
thick and fhort trunk, which almoft immediately fpreads into a vaft breadth; and 
this expanfion, which refembles in fome degree an open hand, is ornamented at the 
extremity with fome denticulations refembling fingers: the neck is fhort and thick ; 
the body is large, and the back broad and flatted ; the legs are moderately long, and 
extreamly robuft : the horns in the male, for the female has none, refer the creature 
at fight to the ftag-clafs, but the bulk of the body, and general proportions, if the fe¬ 
male alone were examined, would not lead any one to think it fuch* 
The whole body is covered with a thick and tolerably deep fur; the hairs are ri¬ 
gid, and very firm : the colour of the whole creature is a dufky brownifh-grey, only 
the belly is fomewhat paler, and the legs darker than the reft : the hoofs are divided 
exa&ly in the manner of thofe of the flag, and are fuppofed to have great virtue in 
nervous diforders, but ’tis probably no more than that of the horns and hoofs of any 
other fpecies. 
This is a native of many of the northern parts of Europe ; it bears the frozen coun¬ 
tries very well, and runs upon the ice in a ftrange manner. All the writers on qua¬ 
drupeds have defcribed it, and all under the names of Alee and Elce. 
Cervus cornuhus ramojis , teretibus y incurvis. 
*The Cervus , with ramofe , cylindric , and crooked horns . 
3CI )t ^>tag. 
This is a very (lately and a very beautiful animal: people are apt to confound it with 
the common fallow deer, but with great impropriety ; it is of twice the fize, and dif¬ 
ferent in many other refpeds: the head is remarkably large, and the neck ftrong and 
thick, as is indeed necelfary, were it only for the fupporting it’s vaft load of horns. 
The head is oblong, very large and broad on the forehead, and gradually fmaller, 
but obtufe at the end of the fnout: the eyes are full and large ; the ears are long and 
patulous j the horns are tall, almoft ered, and of a beautiful form ; they rife each 
with a Angle and rounded ftem, which continues it’s form to the top, only fending off 
branches and divarications: they are hairy, when once formed, but afterwards they be¬ 
come very ftrong, and lofe all that downy appearance. 
The neck is (hort, and extreamly robuft ; the body is oblong, rounded, and plump; 
the back fomewhat flatted, and the belly prominent: the legs are long, and very ro¬ 
buft; the hoofs cloven : the fur is deep, and the hairs of which it is compofed are 
remarkably thick ; the colour is a tawny reddifh, with a mixture of brown. 
This is a native of England, and of moft other parts of Europe, but the fportfmen 
will not fuffer it to be very frequent. The male is called a Stag or Hart, the female a 
Hind 5 we call both fexes by the general name of the Red Deer. 
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