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ments of one in the shape of a white ligamentous cord. Mr. 
Forbes has especially dwelt upon the likeness of the brain to that 
of Capreolus. The female has four teats, and produces three to 
six young at a time. ie 
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Fic. 155.—Water Deer. Hydropotes inermis. x 5. (From Nature.) 
~ Alces machlis, the Elk or Moose, is a circumpolar species with 
palmated antlers and is of large size. The young are unspotted. 
This animal is the largest of the Deer tribe. The aspect of 
this creature is by no means that of a Deer, the long, thick, 
and rather prehensile upper lip not by any means suggesting 
the family to which it belongs; the legs, too, are ungainly 
through their unusual lencth. The Moose has a curious method 
of protecting himself from Wolves. Instead of moving about 
during heavy snowstorms, and being thus on the heavy ground 
an easy prey for these agile enemies, the animal forms what is 
known as a “Moose yard.” An area of ground is kept well 
