great distance without rest. But their habits prove this to the 

 contrary, as when disturbed or frightened, they will rush off with 

 enormous speed, which can be kept up for miles. With nose high 

 in the air and antlers laid back, fallen logs and through thick woods 

 does not seem to impede their wild rush. They, during the sum- 

 mer, months, feed about the streams and ponds, on the young shoots 

 of water plants, or for change of food will ride down some young 

 tree from which they will eat the leaves and tender branches. 



Like the elk, they will wade into the water until covered, to 

 keep away from the flies and mosquitoes. In winter they are to be 

 found on the higher grounds, among the evergreens where they 

 feed upon the moss and bark from the trees. 



