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THERE is some excuse for the presentation of 
another photograph of “Susan,” 
whom we saw so affectionately 
cuddling “Jimmy” in a recent 
issue, for the poor little lady member of 
the chimpanzee group is now dead. 
She was not at all a bad-looking speci- 
men as child chimpanzees go, and might 
possibly have made her mark had she lived 
longer. In addition to the famous “Sally,” 
there has been of late years another chim- 
panzee at the Gardens which showed marked 
originality, at any rate in one point. This 
was a quite young female of the ordinary 
light-skinned type 
hike “Susan,” well- 
known in her day 
as “Daisy.” She 
used habitually to 
walk on her hind 
legs, and this of 
her own accord, 
such an approach 
to human pro- 
eression, although 
“Susan ”’ 
again. 
Animal Life 
THu Elk or Moose, it is true, is much the 
largest of existing deer in the 
body, but its proportions are 
anything but elegant, the legs 
being very long and the neck short, while 
the head is of a very ugly shape and the 
broad “‘palmated” antlers not to be com- 
pared with the branching adornments of the 
typical deer. The Moose is, however, like 
so many awkward-looking creatures, a very 
interesting animal, and always commands 
the sportsman’s admiration. It feeds mostly 
Moose. 
on twigs of trees, preferring the mountain- 
ash above all others. 
It is far less gregarious 
than most deer, 
but the idea that 
the bull only 
associates with 
one cow appears 
to be erroneous. 
The Elk is an ex- 
cellent swimmer, 
and when swim- 
ming 1s remark- 
ably high out of 
normal in the the water; 1t also 
eibbons, being wades after the 
most exceptional leaves of water- 
among anthropoid lilies, which it 
apes, which much appreciates 
usually go on their as food. This 
knuckles as well species has a very 
as then feet. wide distribution, 
ve being found — all 
pee round the world 
Gtiscoyet an(ee COGiemen uae ce eee eee in northern lati- 
known scien- tudes. “Hlk” is 
tifically as Cervus xanthopygus 
is one of the group of North 
Asiatic stags which represent 
the better-known wapiti of North America 
(Cervus canadensis), of which they are now 
considered to be but sub-species. The wapiti 
group bear a general resemblance to the 
familiar Red Deer (Cervus elaphus) and its 
allies, but are larger and finer animals, with 
the tail much shorter, and a marked difference 
in the antlers in the stags. The wapiti and 
its races are among the finest of existing deer, 
combining great size with beauty of form and 
a large development of many-tined antlers. 
Manchurian 
Wapiti. 
the European name, the term “moose” being 
only used in America, where the name “elk” 
is universally but quite wrongly given te 
the above-mentioned wapiti deer. Some time 
ago a pair of moose were turned out in the 
South Island of New Zealand—a very wise 
step in acclimatization ; but more stock will 
probably be needed in order to establish the 
species properly, although it is known that 
the present fine stock of red deer now in the 
colony arose from a very few individuals. 
It may be mentioned that the huge extinct 
deer commonly called the Irish Elk was 
not an elk at all, but a giant form allied 
