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A DESCRIPTION OF 
sledges, but their swiftness gave criminals such means of 
escape, that this use of them was prohibited under great 
penalties. The female is less than the male, and has no 
horns. 
THE REIN-DEER (Cervus Tarandus, or rangifer) 
Is found in most of the northern regions of Europe, Asia, 
and America. Its general height is about four feet and a 
half. The colour is brown above and white beneath ; but 
as the animal advances in age it often becomes of a grayish 
white. The hoofs are long, large, and black. Both sexes 
are furnished with horns, but those of the male are much 
the largest. To the Laplanders this animal is the substi- 
tute for the horse, the cow, the goat, and the sheep ; and 
is their only wealth. The milk affords them cheese; the 
flesh, food ; the skin, clothing ; of the tendons they make 
