CHAPTER VI. 
WAPITTI DEER. 
Wuart I have said in reference to the habitat of the bi- 
son may be repeated as regards the Wapitti, with this ex- 
ception, that it does not roam so far north by some degrees 
of latitude. Thus the visitor to the district I have recom- 
mended for buffalo-hunting will have the advantage of en- 
joying both descriptions of sport. 
I do not consider this noble game swift when you com- 
pare it with the other species of the deer family. From 
this I am led to believe the statement of a well-known 
sportsman, who holds a commission in the United States 
regular service, that he and his brother officers have fre- 
quently ridden them down. Such sport must be eminently 
exciting, if the ground be good that you gallop over to at- 
tain such results in such a chase. A heavy pistol or short 
carbine would be the weapon I should prefer. 
For stalking the Wapitti, the rifle, and that of heavy cal- 
ibre, ought to be employed; for so large and powerful an 
animal requires no ordinary shock to effectually paralyze 
the system, so as to prevent the victim wandering off to 
die a lingering death, and ultimately become food for the 
carnivore. The habit that sportsmen of the United States 
have of using small-bore arms when in pursuit of large 
game is much to be deprecated; for the result is, that a 
great number of the stricken do not fall till they are entire- 
ly lost to the hunter. é 
In Scotland the red deer is vaunted, and his praises 
sung, for he is truly a noble beast, alike trying the hunt- 
