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stags of the triple cross (Altai-red-deer-wapiti) seem the healthiest and 

 strongest that I possess, and also appear to have more bone for their 

 size than any other breed of deer I have ever seen, in fact bone more 

 like that of a horse. Hence they may prove the most suitable type 

 to turn out in Scotland to withstand the damp climate, \vhich may be 



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unsuitable to pure-bred wapiti. I have quite a respectable herd of 

 this triple cross, and they interbreed well, so I have got a fixed 

 type ; the coat is shorter and more like a horse's than any of the 

 parent species, and the colour greyer. 



It is to be feared that the wapiti will become consumptive in 



