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THE WAPITI. 
aie very long on the sides of the head posteriorly, 
and on the neck, particularly beneath ; and there is 
on the posterior and outer aspect of the hind legs a 
brush of tawny hair, which surrounds a narrow, long, 
horny substance. The ears are white anteriorly, 
and clothed with tufted hairs ; exteriorly, their co- 
lour is the same with that of the neighbouring parts. 
There is a naked triangular space round the lachry- 
mal opening near the inner angle of the orbit. The 
hoofs are small. 
In confinement, this animal was remarkably gentle 
with its keeper, but so soon as tbe rutting season 
commenced in autumn, it became furious, and on 
the approach of any one threw itself against the sides 
of its enclosures, uttering a shrill very strong cry. 
In America, the young are brought up and trained 
for the sledges. In England, they have also been 
often kept in confinement, and have even bred ; and 
Lord Glenlyon is said to have had several descents 
from the pair which in 1822 were exhibited at Cha- 
ring-Cross. These had the same gentle manners 
n ith the Parisian specimens. 
The horns of this deer are of immense develop- 
ment, being said to reach a length of six feet. Ma- 
jor Smith possesses a drawing, in which they are 
shewn five feet in length. The brow and antlers are 
the largest ; and he observes that they seem instru- 
ments of use, for when a small split pine, or bar of a 
split fence, sixteen or eighteen feet in length, lies in 
