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ZOOLOGY. 



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Fig. 314.— The Elk or Wapati. 





satisfied it seeks a retired spot away from its carnivorous 

 enemies, if not a domesticated animal, and after lying down, 

 suddenly regurgitates a ball of grass, the cud,* which it 



* The regurgitation of the cud is pr bably due to a sudden and 

 simultaneous contraction of the diaphragm and of the abdominal 



