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THE LL/VMA. 
for the valuable wool which they yield. They are domestica- 
ted with ease, and the Llama has bred several times in the 
Garden. 
The Moose (Alee aniericanus), closely allied to the elk of 
Northern Europe, is the largest of the Deer family, much ex- 
ceeding in height the largest horse. This magnificent animal 
formerly ranged into the upper parts of the Eastern and Mid- 
dle States, but its numbers have lessened rapidly, and at pres- 
ent it is rarely found below the northern part of Maine, from 
whence they range into all parts of British America. 
The antlers of the Moose, at their fullest development, are 
very widely palmated or flattened, and spread as much as five 
feet from tip to tip. As with all of the Deer family, these 
enormous horns are shed every year, early in the spring, and 
are very shortly reproduced by a bony deposit from the blood. 
