A WAPITI CALF. 



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A WAPITI "BULL" AND "CALF." 

 (Showing the bulk of the antlers as compared with the size of the head.) 



the calves are able to travel, and then, with their mothers, join little com- 

 panies of cows and yearlings which roam about the plains and hills where 

 pasturage is good and insects are not too troublesome. Until able to care 

 for themselves (so say the hunters) the calves emit no scent, and it is 

 therefore only by chance that a cat or panther could find or destroy one. 

 They grow rapidly to be strong and fleet. 



During all this time of the babyhood of the youngsters their fathers, 

 the "bull elks," have also isolated themselves, and, in some quiet spot in 



