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as nearly correct as any likeness can be, which is not 

 taken from an especial individual of the race. 



In the first place as to the stature of the Cariboo, I 

 was long ago struck by the statements of the JSTew 

 Brunswick writer, " MEADOWS," alias Mr. Barton Wal- 

 lop, alluded to above, which may be found in Porter's 

 edition of Hawker's Field Sports, p. 326-333 "The 

 Cariboo of this country are very like the Reindeer, only 

 a little larger" and again " As this is the first time 

 you have seen a Cariboo trail, you will observe it is 

 much like that of an ox, save that the cleft is much 

 more open, and the pastern of the animal being very 

 long and flexible, comes down the whole length on the 

 snow, and gives the animal additional support." 



Arguing on this statement, in my "Field Sports," 

 knowing MEADOWS to have seen both animals, that they 

 must be distinct, I pointed out that no one could dream 

 of comparing a Lapland Reindeer's track to that of an 

 ox, any more than to that of an elephant ; and observed 

 farther, that the Lapland Reindeer is not. a larger, but, 

 to my recollection, a smaller animal than the common 

 American Red-deer, Cervus Virginianus of Naturalists. 

 This coming casually under Mr. "Wallop's eye, he wrote 

 to me, in full confirmation of my opinion, that he had 

 recently seen Lapland Reindeer in the Regent's Park 

 Zoological Gardens, and wished to amend his former 

 dictum, by saying, that the Cariboo is at least one-third 

 taller than the Lapland deer, and otherwise larger, and 



