The Wapiti and his Antlers. 



first half of the seventeenth century, and which in many instances 

 De Bry's diligent graver adorned with copious illustrations, contain 

 a picture of this deer. The exception I allude to occurs in 

 Laudonniere's narrative, illustrated by Le Moyne, a French artist, 

 who accompanied the former in his expedition to Florida in 1564. 

 It is (see illustration) a picture representing the Indians' method of 



STALKING WAPITI IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY. 

 (From Laudonniere's Narrative of his Expedition to Florida, A.D. 1564.) 



stalking wapiti, for which purpose they threw deer skins over their 

 bodies so as to enable them to approach their quarry.* The artist 

 who drew the picture had evidently not realised the peculiarity of 

 wapiti antlers never forming a crown on top, and probably copied 

 a handy pair of red deer antlers. 



* Messrs. Osgood and Co., of Boston, republishcd in 1875, in a small 

 edition, this highly interesting narrative. 



