THE DEER I41 



shaped creature which I have taken in the Sierra Madre, 

 where it affects the thickest brush and is difficult to reach. 

 Several were placed upon the island of Santa Catalina, 

 where they became so tame that it was impossible to keep 

 them away from gardens. Then they were decorated with 

 cow bells and placed on the north ranch or end of the 

 island and were so tame that when a boat landed they 

 would run down to the beach to meet it. The mule deer, 

 so called from its long ears, is a large, clumsy form common 

 in the northwest and in Southern California and Arizona. 

 Several other interesting deer are found in Central and 

 South America and in various parts of the world, but none 

 equal in size and beauty the wapiti and its British cousin. 



