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THE WAPITI 
Is a native of Canada and the other northern parts of 
America. He is one of the most gigantic of the deer 
tribe, growing to the height of our tallest oxen, with great 
activity and strength of body and limbs. His horns, 
which he sheds annually, are very large, branching in 
serpentine curves, and measuring, from tip to tip, upwards 
of six feet. Wapitis are said to be the most stupid of the 
deer kind. In the collection of the Zoological Society, in 
the Regent's Park, are several of these splendid animals, 
where they continue to form objects of singular interest 
and attraction. The mail Wapiti is, however, a very fierce 
animal, always endeavouring to attack those who ap- 
proach him ; and on one occasion seriously injured one of 
the visitors to the gardens. 
