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Show 16-1 the domestic ami tit<' "ihl animals. 'l'lH• fil'~t t' lllUt:IU':, th~ llot•sc and dog oul;r • rrhc JJOrsc is confined princjpall~ tu tlte uations inhabit iug the great plains of Columbia, e~h'lHliut; l'rom latitude fot·ty to fifty north, and occupJ ing tla·· ( rat't of tcnit or·y ly hag between the Rocl\y mountains, and a a·•mhc ol'uaountains which pass the Columbia ri\'er about ~he ;.;n~at falls ft•mn longitude sixteen to oue hundt·ed aml twenty-one we~t. Thr. Sboshonces, the Choppunish, Sokullis, Esclacloot £~, Encshurcs, and Chilluckittequaws, all enjoy the benefit of that clocile, noble, and generous animal; and all of them, except the tht·ce last, possess immense numbers. 1.,hey appl~at· to be of an excellent race, lofty, elegantly fOl·rned, active and dul'able: many of. the~ ap}Jcat· like fiue Enoolish com·sc1·s; som~ of them arc lHed wJth laa·ge spots of whi~c h•t•egularly scattered, and intcrmixe(l with a. dark brown hay: the gt·eatet• part, howevm·, arc of an uniform colour, marlred with stars and white feet, and resemble in fleetness and bottom, as well as in form and colom·, the best blooded horses of Virginia. rrho natives suJlcr them to run at large in the 1•lains, the grass of wbich affords them their only winter subsistence; the it· masters taking no trouble to lay in a winter's store for them: notwithstanding, tbey will, unless much exercised, fatten on the ~ry :l.!rass afforded by the plains during the winte1·. 'rl•c plams ~ . are rarely if' ever moistened by 1·ain, and the grass 1s conse-quent) y slwrt and thin. 1.,he natives, excepting those of the Rocky mountains, appear to take no 11ains in selecting their male horses for breed; and indeed, those of that class appear much the most indiffercat. 'Yhethcr the horse "''~~ originally a native of this country ot• not, the soil and. ch-. mate appear to be }>erfectly well adapted to the nature o[ this animal. Ilorses a1·e said to be found wiJd iu many parts of this extensive country. 'rhe several tribes of Shoshonccs who reside towards Mexico, on the waters oflthe Mutlomab 1'iver, and J.larticularly one of them, called Shaboboab, bavr Up 11tr .}JlissOll !'i. .c.lso a great numlwa· of mule!i, "hich t!Je ludjan~ pd:::e mm·e highly thau horsrs. An dl'~a.nt hoa· c may IJc put'<•hascd of the natives fur a fc" lwads m· othcl' palh·y tt·iuket s, which ·ll the United States, would uot co ' t mol'e tiJau (}IIC m· two dullm·:;. The abundanC'e ~md ehcapncss nt' horses, will be l'::\ll'e uacly ~uh· anta gt~ous I o tlto. e who may hereaftCL· atrcmpt the fur t1·auc to t he l~a t Imlit·-., by the way of Columbia l'ivet·, :md the Pacific ocean. 2. The dog is unusually sma.H. about the size of an OJ•dill: u·y cur: he is usually pt\t·tieolourcd, amma~st which, the black, white. ha·own, aud bl'i1HUc m·c the t•olours most predl,; uiuant: the head is Iont;, the nose ltoin tcd, the eyes small. the cars erect and pointed, like tlao!:ic of the wolr: the hai1· is shor·t aud smooth, excepting ou the tail, where it h! lonf; and Stt·aigh t, like (hat 01' the Ol'd tlltli'Y Clll'-dog. 'J1he UatiVCS n 'YCl' cat the Hcsh of this animal, aud he appears to be in no uthcr way sc•·vil'mliJle to them Chan in huntint; the elk. The st•eond division co mju·chentl~ the IJI·own, wr.ite, ot· gl'isly beat•, the IJlack bea•·; t he deer, common red decl', th~ l.Jiack-iailed fallow detw, t he mule dcet·, the dk, the wolves, the hu·ge b1·owu wolf, the. small wolf of HlC plains, the lal'ge wolf ol' the plains, the tyger-cat, the foxes, the common red fox, the silvet• fox:, the fi!:iher or black fox, the lat•ge 1·cd fox of the Jllains, the kit-fox, or small fox of the Jllains, the antelope, the sheep, beaver, common ottca·, sca.-ottet·, mink, seal, racoon, squirrels, large gray squit·a·cl, small g t•ay sqnira·cl, small brown squirrel, g l'ound squirrel, braro, rat, mouse, mole, panther, hare, rabbit, polecat or skunk. First, the brown, white OJ' grisly bear, which seem to Le of the same family, with an accidenta l variation of colour onJy, inhabit the timbered pat·ts of the Rocliy mountains. There arc rarely found on the westerly side, and :we more commonly below the nocky mountains, in the t•lnins, ot· on their borders, amidst copses of hruslt ami un~ l .. rwoo•l. a aut nral' c hf' wnf<'l' <'Olll'qP!-. \Vc nt·e unable to • |