48 Ohferi'dhorti on the Ull. 



information concerning it. The nieafureraent mJd^Af th<fit 

 hi [har prcfcnt Hate are as follow :— 



F. Inch. 

 Length, of the male, from the tip of the nofe to the 

 tail, along the lino of his back, (the males were 

 nearly of a iize,) - - "7 3' 



Of the female, (a year older than the male,) - 7 9 

 Height - - - - - 4 7 



Round the girth or belly - ' ~ 5 ^ 



tTie withers - - - 4 lo 



Leiigth of the head - - j- i 1 1 



tail - - -03 



t'roTn the extremity of one ear to that of the other s 2 

 l^ength of the ear - - --09 



The brilkct of the elk verv much refembles that of the ox. 

 Plnce ivnl Food. — ^Tlie elks which were exhibited here 

 were brouoht from Upper Canada. Thev are faid to be 

 found in almoft all the back country of the United States, 

 as low down as Vir2;inia. In refpecl: to food, as thefe had 

 been domerticatcd from infancy, nothing particular could be 

 learnt from them concerning what they mofi: afi'eilrted in the 

 wild ftate. What appeared remarkable to us was, that they 

 all ate tobacco, as varioufly prepared by the tobacconiff, 

 ■with greedinefs. This, the proprietor affurcd us, was a na- 

 tfiral appetite ; and that the wild elks ate the wild plant. \Ve 

 thought that this required further evidence; notwithftanding, 

 wc are informed bv Ilaflclquift, that the Cirvi Capra of Bar- 

 bary " loves the fmoke of tobacco, and, when caught alive, 

 will approach .i.e pipe of the huntfman, though otherwife 

 more timid than any animal." Kncyclopaediu, art. Capra. 



Youug. — ^The rutting-timc is from about the ioth of Sep- 

 tember to the ift of Oc-tober. The female goes about nine 

 months; generally brings forth twins ; and it feldom hap- 

 pens but that one is male and the other female. 



GaU, See. — ^The hoofs of the elk are very much cloven, 

 and, like the moofe and rein-deer, he makes a great clatter- 

 ing with them in travelling. He is very fleet. A flranger, 

 who was viewing thcic elki? at the fanu; lime with us, told 



us. 



