36 Account of the 



VII. Account of the Cervus Wapiti, or Southern Elk 

 of North- America. 



THE following account of the Elk is extract- 

 ed from the Editor's Fragments of the Natural His- 

 tory of Pennsylvania , Part Second, not yet published. 



Cervus Major Americanus, or Stag of America. Ca- 

 tesby, Natural History of Carolina, &c.*, at the 

 end of vol. ii. p. 28. 



The Elk. Lawson's New Voyage, &c, p. 123. 



Alces Americanus cornibus teretibus, or Round- 

 horned Elk. Jefferson's Notes, &c, p. 96. Note. 



The Elk. Carver's Travels, &c, p. 417, 418. 



The American Elk. Bewick's General History of 

 Quadrupeds, p. 112, 113f, with a good figure. 



The Elk. See E. H. Smith, in the Medical Reposi- 

 tory. Vol. ii. No. 11., with a plate, representing 

 three of the animals. 



Greater Stag. Pennant, MS. (See Note 1, at the 

 end of this article.) 



* Edition of 1771. 



■j- Newcastle upon Tyne ; 1791.'. 



