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The TVapite, — Canadian Stag-.. 



Mountains, from the HGth or 57tli parallel of north latitude to Texas, la 

 the Hudson's "Bay Territories, accordinq^ to Sir Jolui Richardson, its eastern? 

 limit is a line drawn from the scnth end of Lake Wiimipeg to the- 

 Sasl.aiclicv;ari, in the 103rd degree of long-itude, thence till it strikes tha- 

 E!k River in the 111th dc-ree. It is found rarely on the Alleghany 

 mountains. 





In Eastern Canada it is or.ly known by the herns and scattered boncs 

 that are now and then discovered by the pioneers of the forest, while clearing 

 op the land, and it may, therefore, so far as this section of the country is 

 concerned, be looked upon as an extinct species. 



It is a large and elegant animal, so much resembling the stag of Europe 

 thit, by the first white explorers of the continent, it was thought to be tha 

 same. " Being, however, much larger and different in its colour, habits, ami 



