Amongst the Wapiti. 



valley, keeping well above the left bank of the stream where the 

 ground was mostly covered with pine forest, and open patches 

 here and there, on which the stags are usually to be found in the 

 early morning, but on this occasion they absented themselves. 



Some distance down we came on a pony, evidently a stray that 

 had evaded the spring round-up when the nomads move down 



THE HOME OF THE ASIATIC WAPITI. 



into the Tekkes. Numgoon made commendable efforts to catch 

 it, but the animal, having doubtless tasted too long of the sweets 

 of liberty, had no intention of being trapped, and frustrated all 

 his attempts to corner it. I was somewhat perturbed at the 

 sight of this pony, as I thought possibly it might tend to scare 



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