THE DEER.

THERE are several varieties of Deer ‘
known as the moose, reindeer, elk, com-
mon deer, black-tailed deer, long-tailed
deer and the Mexican deer. They are
beautiful quadrupeds. They are distin-
guished from the antelopes by their horns,
which fall off annually, and are always
renewed of a larger size. These horns
always exist on the heads of the male, and
sometimes on that of the female. Some-
times, the horns have many small
branches, and again they are simple and
straight. The reindeer, which is found in
the cold northern countries of the world,

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