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Olfert Dapper wrote of an account of the unicorn
in America in 1673:
"...On the Canadian border there are
sometimes seen animals resembling horses, but with cloven hoofs, rough
manes, a long straight horn upon the forehead, a curled tail like that of
the wild boar, black eyes, and a neck like that of the stag. They live in
the loneliest wildernesses and are so shy that the males do not even
pasture with the females except in the season of rut, when they are not so
wild. As soon as this season is past, however, they fight not only with
other beasts but even with those of their own kind."
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