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diameter of 10^- inches on one side, and of 11 on the other. The Thian Shan stag 
is said to stand 6 feet at the shoulder, hut this requires confirmation. 
The New World representative of the present group is the well- 
known North American wapiti ( G . canadensis), persistently misnamed 
WAPITI CHASED BY WOLVES. 
elk in its native country. The wapiti is distinguished from the hangul and the 
shou (to which it is more closely related than it is to the red deer) by the form 
and proportions of its antlers, which are characterised by their general smoothness, 
and the tendency to a flattening and expansion of the surroyal tines, which, in 
