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forests and feeds almost wholly upon the young twigs of trees or 
upon pond-lily roots, and suitable food is therefore very difficult to 
procure. 
The wapiti or elk, on the contrary, seems to thrive well in confine- 
ment, eating hay and grass like a domestic animal and _ breeding 
freely. On the eastern side of the park is a large paddock where a 
number of these stately animals can be seen. The wapiti was for- 
merly very abundant in nearly all parts of North America, but its 
range is now greatly restricted. There are still considerable herds 
in the Yellowstone Park and in the Olympic Mountains of the western 
coast. At the approach of autumn the peculiar melodious eall of 
the stags can often be heard. 
There is also a small band of the European red deer, nearly related 
to the wapiti, although considerably smaller in size. These are the 
deer so famous in song and story, still found wild in the Scottish 
highlands and eastern Europe and preserved in many English parks. 
The fallow deer is another species widely preserved in England, 
though it is a native of the Mediterranean countries. It is yellowish 
brown in color, marked with white spots. 
Closely allied species represented in the park are the axis deer of 
India, the Japanese or sika deer, and the swamp or barasingha deer, 
also of India. 
An interesting example of another group was presented to the 
park by the late Admiral R. D. Evans, United States Navy. This 
animal is from the Philippine Islands. It is quite small, and proba- 
bly lives in an alluvial country, as it delights in plowimg up the earth 
with its antlers, and is usually covered with mud that it gets from 
digging in its yard. 
The sambar deer of eastern Asia is a larger representative of this 
group, and the little hog deer is a smaller one, not being larger than 
a pig of medium size. 
The barking deer, or muntjae, of the same region is also represented. 
This animal is of a deep chestnut brown and has antlers of a very 
simple pattern, resembling somewhat those of the pronghorn antelope. 
The park has also a specimen of the famous reindeer, used by the 
Laplanders as a draft animal. It has to be fed entirely upon moss 
and lichens brought from the north, as it never gets accustomed to 
eating hay. 
THE CAMEL. 
The strangest beast of burden is the camel of the old world, a long- 
legged, ungainly animal, vicious in temper and ugly beyond descrip- 
tion. In both Asia and Africa it is domesticated. The camel of 
Africa and Arabia, often called the dromedary, is distinguished by 
one hump, while the central Asiatic or Bactrian camel has two. 
