﻿18(5 
  THE 
  ZOOLOGIST. 
  

  

  or 
  Wild 
  Llama, 
  as 
  observed 
  by 
  Darwin 
  in 
  Patagonia, 
  is 
  described 
  

   as 
  readily 
  taking 
  to 
  the 
  water 
  ; 
  " 
  several 
  times 
  at 
  Port 
  Valdes 
  

   they 
  were 
  seen 
  swimming 
  from 
  island 
  to 
  island."* 
  Brehm 
  heard 
  

   from 
  eye-witnesses 
  that 
  to 
  the 
  American 
  Bison, 
  when 
  migrating, 
  

   " 
  a 
  stream 
  a 
  mile 
  wide 
  is 
  to 
  them 
  no 
  barrier, 
  scarcely 
  even 
  a 
  

   hindrance. 
  "t 
  The 
  male 
  Moose, 
  in 
  rutting 
  time, 
  swims 
  from 
  

   island 
  to 
  island, 
  in 
  the 
  lakes 
  and 
  rivers 
  of 
  North 
  America, 
  in 
  

   pursuit 
  of 
  the 
  females.! 
  As 
  our 
  late 
  contributor, 
  the 
  Piev. 
  H. 
  A. 
  

   Macpherson, 
  affirmed, 
  Deer 
  swim 
  very 
  well, 
  whether 
  in 
  salt 
  water 
  

   or 
  fresh, 
  and 
  will 
  keep 
  the 
  sea 
  for 
  over 
  an 
  hour 
  if 
  it 
  is 
  calm, 
  and 
  

   for 
  more 
  than 
  half 
  that 
  time 
  even 
  if 
  it 
  is 
  rough. 
  " 
  Du 
  Fouilloux 
  

   says 
  he 
  has 
  known 
  of 
  Deer 
  driven 
  to 
  sea 
  by 
  hounds, 
  being 
  taken 
  

   thirty 
  miles 
  out 
  by 
  fishermen," 
  Pliny 
  credits 
  Stags 
  with 
  swim- 
  

   ming 
  thirty 
  leagues. 
  § 
  The 
  Martindale 
  Stags 
  occasionally 
  swim 
  

   the 
  breadth 
  of 
  Ulleswater 
  Lake 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  join 
  the 
  hinds 
  in 
  

   Gowbarrow 
  Park. 
  Stags 
  have 
  also 
  been 
  found 
  to 
  cross 
  from 
  

   Gowbarrow 
  to 
  the 
  shores 
  of 
  Martindale, 
  but 
  this 
  is 
  an 
  unusual 
  

   event. 
  |j 
  On 
  the 
  Purus, 
  in 
  South 
  America, 
  Deer 
  swim 
  gracefully 
  

   and 
  well, 
  both 
  in 
  the 
  river 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  lake. 
  On 
  one 
  occasion 
  

   Paul 
  Fountain 
  saw 
  two 
  Jaguars 
  attempt 
  to 
  intercept 
  some 
  of 
  

   them 
  that 
  were 
  swimming 
  towards 
  the 
  bank 
  of 
  the 
  lake. 
  The 
  

   Deer 
  saw 
  them, 
  and 
  changed 
  their 
  direction, 
  and, 
  though 
  the 
  

   Jaguars 
  galloped 
  round 
  the 
  lake, 
  the 
  Deer 
  were 
  too 
  quick 
  for 
  

   them, 
  and 
  escaped. 
  II 
  

  

  Bates 
  saw 
  a 
  Three-toed 
  Sloth 
  (Bradypus 
  tridactylus) 
  swim 
  a 
  

   river 
  about 
  five 
  hundred 
  yards 
  wide. 
  Even 
  Armadillos 
  " 
  are 
  

   said 
  to 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  swim 
  well 
  and 
  swiftly."** 
  Dr. 
  Leith 
  Adams 
  

   states 
  that 
  the 
  Canada 
  Lynx 
  (Felis 
  canadensis) 
  is 
  well 
  known 
  

   to 
  be 
  an 
  expert 
  swimmer, 
  and 
  preys 
  on 
  Trout 
  and 
  small 
  fishes. 
  ft 
  

   The 
  Mole 
  (Talpa 
  europcea) 
  has 
  been 
  seen 
  swimming 
  across 
  the 
  

   Trent 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  about 
  two 
  hundred 
  yards 
  wide, 
  and 
  the 
  Hedge- 
  

   hog 
  (Erlnaceus 
  europceus) 
  has 
  been 
  known 
  to 
  swim 
  a 
  pond 
  of 
  

  

  :;: 
  ' 
  Journal 
  of 
  Researches,' 
  &c, 
  edit. 
  1890, 
  p. 
  158. 
  

  

  •)• 
  ' 
  From 
  North 
  Pole 
  to 
  Equator,' 
  p. 
  242. 
  

  

  J 
  Cf. 
  Gilbert 
  White, 
  ' 
  Nat. 
  Hist. 
  Selborne,' 
  Harting's 
  edit. 
  p. 
  98. 
  

  

  § 
  ' 
  Red 
  Deer,' 
  p. 
  244. 
  

  

  || 
  Ibid. 
  p. 
  24. 
  

  

  1[ 
  ' 
  The 
  Great 
  Mountains 
  and 
  Forests 
  of 
  S. 
  America,' 
  pp. 
  81, 
  82. 
  

  

  ** 
  Cf. 
  ' 
  Roy. 
  Nat. 
  Hist.' 
  vol. 
  iii. 
  p. 
  217. 
  

  

  f 
  | 
  ' 
  Nat. 
  Nile 
  Valley 
  and 
  Malta,' 
  p. 
  33. 
  

  

  