DEER. 
found in Sunnah , a province of China , not bigger 
than a common dog. 
Fallow deer Lanvfon Carol . 123. Dama virginiana Rail fyn . quad. 20. 
Vatejby App. xxxviii. Prate, 86. Ph. Tr. Abridg. ix. 86. Br. 
II. 50. Muf. AJhm. Muf. 
D. with fiender horns, bending very much forward : 
have numerous branches on the interior Tides •, no 
brow antlers : about the fize of the Englijh fallow 
deer : of a light color^ a cinereous brown : tail longer 
than that of the Englijh Buck: a quite diftindl fpecies, 
and peculiar to America . Are found in vail herds. 
Thofe near the fhores are lean and bad, and fubjedt 
to worms in their heads and throats. Are very refl- 
lefs ^ always in motion : not fierce : their fiefh dry \ 
but of the utmofl importance to the Indians , who 
dry it for their winter provifion. The fkins a great 
article of commerce, vail numbers annually im¬ 
ported from our colonies. Feed during hard win¬ 
ters on the mofs which hangs in long firings front 
the American trees, in the northern parts. 
Axis Plinii lib. viii. c.h. JBdon i6z. 
b'bf. 1 iq. (faem.) Rail fyn. quad. L’Axis de Bujfonj xi. 397. tab. 4 ' 
89. fpeckled deer Nieuhojf <voy. xxxviii. xxxix. 
)D. with fender trifurcated horns % the firfl branch 
near the bafe ; the fecorict near the top *, each point¬ 
ing upwards : fize of the fallow deer: of a light 
red color : the body beautifully marked with white 
fpots : along the lower part of the fides next the 
belly is a line of white : the tail long as that of a 
fallow deer $ red &bove, white beneath. 
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