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the mow which covers the mofs ; i'o than 
their owners are at no expence for their 
maintenance. 
An opinion prevails, that the raindeer 
cannot live in any but their native 
country. This however I will venture to 
fay is falfe; for I myfelf faw at Mofcow, 
twelve of thefe animals, which belonged 
to the High -Chancellor Count Golof- 
kix, feeding in a meadow adjoining to 
the river Taufe, which waters that noble- 
man's gardens: and in the year 1752, 
Count Peter Iwanowitsch Sckuwa- 
lc r, had both a male and female brought 
from Archangel. They fed on nothing 
but mofs, vet the female produced a 
vonne one, which throve to admiration, 
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and continued in fu ] l health and vigour 
till the year 1754. How long they lived 
afterwards I cannot fay, as I returned to 
'Peter/o Hyp in that year, 
I have before cbferved, that the hut 
which the failors were fo font late as to 
unci. 
