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as nearly correct as any likeness can be, which is not 
taken from an especial individual of the race. 
“In the first place—as to the stature of the Cariboo, I 
was long ago struck by the statements of the New 
Brunswick writer, ‘“ Mzapows,” alias Mr. Barton Wal- 
lop, alluded to above, which may be found in Porter’s 
edition of Hawker’s Field Sports, p. 326-333—“ The 
Cariboo of this country are very like the Reindeer, only 
a little larger”—and again—“ As this is the first time 
you have seen a Cariboo trail, you will observe it is 
much like that of an ox, save that the cleft is much 
more open, and the pastern of the animal being very 
long and flexible, comes down the whole length on the 
snow, and gives the animal additional support.” 
Arguing on this statement, in my “Field Sports,” 
knowing Mrapows to have seen both animals, that they 
must be distinct, I pointed out that no one could dream 
of comparing a Lapland Reindeer’s track to that of an 
ox, any more than to that of an elephant; and observed 
farther, that the Lapland Reindeer is not a larger, but, 
to my recollection, a smaller animal than the common 
American Red-deer, Cervus Virginianus of Naturalists. 
This coming casually under Mr. Wallop’s‘eye, he wrote 
to me, in full confirmation of my opinion, that he had 
recently seen Lapland Reindeer in the Regent’s Park 
Zoological Gardens, and wished to amend his former 
dictum, by saying, that the Cariboo is at least one-third 
taller than the Lapland deer, and otherwise larger, and 
