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ZOOLOGY. 
Fig. 314.— The Elk or Wapati. 
satisfied it seeks a retired spot away from its carnivorous 
enemies, if not a domesticated animal^ and after lying down, 
suddenly regurgitates a ball of grass^ the cud,* which it 
* The regurgitation of the cud is pr bably due to a sudden and 
simultaneous contraction of the diaphragm and of the abdominal 
