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to die ; and 1 hope to see you ere long in the other world, ashappy as heart can wish.”' His dropsy increased, and at lastproved fatal to him ; yet he continued to say and to write bonmots. He received the last sacrament on the ISth April 1616;vet the day after wrote a dedication of his hook to the Count del.emos. i

CERVERA, a river of Spain, in Catalonia.

Gervera, a town seated on the river, 22 miles IV. of Tar-ragona.

CERVIA, a sea port town of Italy, in Romagna, 10 miles S. E.of Ravenna.

Cervical Arteries. See Anatomy.

Cervical Nerves, seven pair of nerves, so called, as havingtheir origin in the Cervix. See Anatomy.

Cervical Sinuses, and Cervical Veins. See Anatomy.

CERVIX, in anatomy, properly denotes the hind part of theneck ; as distinguished from the forepart, calledjngulum, or thethroat. See Anatomy.

Cervix Scapula;, the head of the shoulder-blade, or that up-per process whose sinus receives the head of the humerus.

Cervix Uteri, the neck of the uterus ; called also Vagina.See Anatomy.

CERUSE, or CERUSS, white-lead, a sort of cal* of lead,made by, exposing plates of that metal to the vapour of vinegar.See Lead.

CEttVUS, the deer, in zoology, a genus of the class mammaliaorder pecora. Horns solid, and while the animal is young, coveredwith a hairy skin, growing from the top, annual, branched, andnaked ; front teeth eight in the lower jaw ; no canine teeth.Twelve species, of which the C. Alces, or the elk, sometimes at-tains the height of seventeen hands, and the weight of twelve hun-dred and thirty-pounds ; but such cases are somewhat extraordi-nary, It is larger in Asia and America than in Europe. Itabounds in the cold countries of Sweden, Siberia, and Canada,and in the last it is called the moose deer. Its principal food isderived from the boughs of the forest trees in these desolate regions,,and the night is generally preferred for its repasts. Its mannersare extremely geRtle and inoffensive ; it will, however, defend it--elf with great courage and dexterity, both with its horns andfore feet. The elk, when first dislodged by the hunter, drops ontlie ground for a few seconds, as if labouring under a completedeprivation of strength, occasioned, probably by the influence offear. This is the moment invaluable to the hunter, who, if hemiss this opportunity, frequently fails in every other, as the ani-mal, after a very short pause, is roused to the most vigorous flight,which he continues without suspension, for a progreess of twentyor thirty miles. See Plate XLII. In the bogs of Ireland, aswell as in America, horns have been repeatedly dug up of anenormous size, which apparently belonged to an animal of thedeer kind, but are far superior in dimensions to those of any ani-mal now r known by naturalists. Their length lias sometimes beenof eight feet, and the distance from the tip of one to that of ano-ther has extended to fourteen feet.

C. Capreolus, the roe-buck, has erect, cylindrical branchedhorns, and forked at the top. 11 is size is about three feet nineinches long, two feet tree inches high before, and two feet seveninches high behind: weight from 50 to 60 1b. Though the leastof the deer kind, his figure is most elegant and handsome. Iliseyes are more brilliant and animated than those of the stag. 11 islimbs are more nimble, his movements quicker, and he boundsseeminglv without effort, with equal vigour and agility. His coat,or hair, is always clean, smooth, and glossy, lie never wallowsin the mire like the stag. lie delights in dry and elevated situ-ations, where the air is purest. lie is likewise more crafllv, con-ceals himself with greater address, is more difficult to trace, andderives superior resources from instinct: for though he leaves astronger scent than the stag, which redoubles the ardour and ap-petite of the dogs, he knows how to withdraw himself from theirpursuit, by the rapidity with which he begins his flight and by hisnumerous doublings. As soon as lie finds that the first efforts of arapid flight have been unsuccessful, he repeatedly returns on hisformer steps; and after confounding, by these opposite movements,the direction he has taken, after intermixing the present with thepast emanations from his body, he rises from the earth by a greatbound, and, retiring to a side", he lies down flat on his belly; andin this immoveable situation he allows the whole troop of his de-

ceived enemies to pass very near him. The roe-deer differs fromthe stag and fallow-deer in disposition, temperament, manners, andalmost every natural habit. Instead of associating in herds, theylive in separate families. The female goes with young a \ months,and brings forth about the end of April or beginning of May. Sheproduces two at a time, which she is obliged to conceal from thebuck while very young. In ten or twelve da\s they acquirestrength sufficient lo enable them to follow her. When threatenedwith danger, she hides them in a close thicket, and to preservethem, presents herself to be chased. But notwithstanding all hercare and anxiety, the young are sometimes carried off by men,dogs, or wolves. Roe-bucks were formerly very common inWales, in the north of England, and in Scotland; but at presentthe species no where exists in Great Britain, except in the ScotishHighlands. In France they are more frequent; they are alsofound in Italy, Sweden, Norway, and Siberia.

C. Dama or the Fallow-deer, Buck and Doe ; with hornsbranched, compressed, and palmated at the top. The colour isvarious; reddish, deep brown, white or spotted. This species isnot so universal as the stag: it is rare in France or Germany. Itis found in Greece, the Holy Land, and the north of China. Theyare very numerous in England; but, except on a few chases,confined in parks. There were none originally in America.Thev are easily tamed; and their flesh, which is called venison,is in tiigh esteem among the luxurious. During rutting time theywill contend with each other for their mistress, but arc less tiercethan the stag. This species is reckoned tiie Jachmur of the Scrip-tures. See Plate XLI1.

C. Ei.Ai’BUS, the Stag, has long cylindrical ramified horns bentbackwards, and slender sharp brow antlers. The colour is gene-rally a reddish brown with some black about the face, and a blacklist down the hind part of the neck and betw een the shoulders.Stags are common to Europe, Barbary, the north of Asia, andAmerica. In spring, they shed their horns, which fall off sponta-neously, or by rubbing them gently against the branches of trees;and they are not completely renewed again till August. The staghas a fine eye, an acute smell, and an excellent ear. When list-ening, he raises his head, erects his ears, and hears from a greatdistance. When he is going into a coppice, or other half coveredplace, he stops to look round him on all sides, and scents the wind,to discover if any object is near that might disturb him. He is asimple, and yet a curious and crafty animal. When hissed orcalled to from a distance, he stops short, and looks stedfastly, andwith a kind of admiration, at carriages, cattle, or men ; and if theyhave neither arms or dogs, he moves on unconcernedly, and with-out flying. Hu appears to listen, with great tranquility and de-light, to the shepherd’s pipe ; and the hunters sometimes employthis artifice to deceive him. In general, he is less afraid of menthan of dogs, and is never suspicions, or uses any arts .of conceal-ment, but in proportion to the disturbance lie has received. lieeats slow, and has a choice in the aliment; and after bis stomach isfull, he lies dow n, and ruminates at leisure. He seems to rumi-nate with less facility than the ox. Their food varies in differentseasons. In autumn, after rutting, they search for the buds of greenshrubs, the flowers of broom or heath, the leaves of brambles, &c.During the snows of winter, they feed upon the bark of trees;moss, &c. and in mild weather, they browse in the wheat fields. Inthe beginning of spring, they go in quest of the catkins of the pop-lar willow, and hazel trees, the flowers and buds of the corneltree, &c. Iiysvmmier when they have great choice,, they preferrye to all other grain, and the black berry-bearing alder to allother wood, *

(_'. Tarandus, the Rein-deer, is a native of Lapland, and thenorthern parts of Europe, Asia, and America. The horns are large,cylindrical, branched, bent forwards, and palmated at the ends.Two of the branches hang over the face. He is about the size ot abuck, of a dirty whitish colour ; the hairs of his skin are thick andstrong. To the Laplanders this animal is the substitute of thehorse, the cow, the govt, and the sheep ; and is their only wealth ;the milk ailbrds them cheese ; the flesh, food ; the skin, doathing ithe tendons, bow-strings; aad when split, thread; the horns, glue;the bones, spoons. During w inter it supplies the want of a horse*and draws their sledges with amazing swiftness over the frozen lakesand rivers, or over the snow, which at that time covers the wholecountry. A Laplander is rich, who is possessed of a herd ofrein-deer. In autumn they seek the highest hills, to avoid the

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