THE WAPITI. 
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®Hlar result attended an experiment previously 
^^de by the Duke of Athol. Whether the 
."^dure of these trials is to he attributed to 
'^dorance of the peculiar habits of the animal, 
^0 the tenacity- with which the deer tribe 
Mb, 
We 
to their original geographical position, 
have no means of deciding. 
THE WAPITI. 
T 
Wapiti, which is about one-third 
Ser than the stag of Europe, is thought by 
naturalists to be identical with the Ca- 
tb American stag : but he is heavier in 
j ® body, shorter in the legs ; his horns are 
and the antlers more serpentine. 
0 ®n full grown, the Wapiti measures four 
diff ^ height. Its summer coat 
from that which it wears in winter ; 
it is sometimes of a chocolate brown red. 
