THE WAPITI. 







his orders, who shall determine? Yet that he does so 

 cannot be doubted ; for the herd will halt, or advance, or 

 wheel to the right or left, or retreat, with an exactness 

 like that of a well-disciplined regiment. 



The monarch reigns by virtue of superior strength and 

 courage, and fights his way to his post of dignity, which 

 he holds no longer than he is able to defy competitors. 

 The battles which take place between the males are singu- 

 larly fierce, and always end in the death of one of the 

 adversaries, sometimes in that of both, who have been 

 found with their branching horns inextricably locked, so 

 that neither could escape. When pursued by the hunter, 



