DEER. 
tively. The account of the Cervina Seneftus*, or 
vaft longevity of the Stag, fabulous. Hinds go 
with young above eight months, bring one at a 
time, feldom two: fecure the young from the ftag, 
who would deftroy it. Flefti of thefe animals 
coarfe and rank: fkin ufeful for many purpofes: 
from the horns is extracted the celebrated fpirit of 
hartfhorn ; but the horns of all other deer yield the 
fame fait. The Hippelaphus ** of the antients, 
only a large race of ftags, with longer hair on the 
neck, giving it the appearance of a mane. This is 
diftinguifhed by the French with the title of Cerf 
d'Ardenne ; by the Germans , with that of Brand * 
hirtz . Under the fame variety may be alfo brought 
the T ragelaphus *, fo called from being more hairy 
than common f. 
Le Cerf de Corfe of M. de Buffon , vi. is the left 
fpecies, of a deep brown color. Vide p. 95. tab.xi. 
This may be the fame as the fmall kind of ftag, 
rather larger than the fallow deer, which Dr. Shaw 
fays is found in Barbary , whofe female the Moon 
call in derifion Fortafs , or Scald head, from having 
no horns J. In Ceylon, (as I have been informed 
by Mr. Loten ) are two varieties of ftags; one of the 
common fize, the other 14 hands high, and are 
called there Elks. 
Du Halde , L 122. fpeaks of a fmall fort of ftag, 
* Juvenal Sat. xiv. 251. Pliny lib. viii. c. 33. Speaks of fome 
that were taken about 100 years before his time, with golden col¬ 
lars on their necks, which had been put on them by Alexander the 
Great. 
** Arijlot. Hift. An. lib. II. c. I. 
■f Gefner quad. 296. 
X Travels, 243. 
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