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The sound itself is at times a series of gasping grunts, resembling the beginning 

 of an ass' bray followed by a distant steam " siren." At other times there is a 

 musical whistle running through several notes, which, rising clear and sweet 

 through some lonely mountain glen, can neither be forgotten, imitated or described. 



It may interest some whose hunting yarns have been questioned to know that 

 among the early settlers there was a story that elk fell down in a fit when startled, 

 which may account for the numberless persons who say they have shot them, seen 

 them fall, and never found them, for strange as it may seem even such a big beast 

 can be missed with a modern rifle, as I personally know. And they are said to 

 like horses and dislike sheep, though they have the sheep trick of traveling in 

 single file; and I have seen a yearling bighorn ram walking solemnly along a 

 mountain trail after a big bull elk. 



References. 



Audubon. Quadrupeds of North America. Vol. II, p. St,. 



Baker, Sir Samuel. Wild Beasts and Their Ways. 



Billings, E. On the Wapiti (Can. Nat. Hist. Vol. I). 



Caton, LL.D., John Dean. Deer of America. 



Cuvier. Animal Kingdon. 



Dodge, R. I. Plains of the Great West. 



Goodman. Natural Histor\-. 



Merriam, Dr. C. Hart. Trans. Linn. Soc. Vol. II. 



Murph)-. W. Sporting Adventures in the Far West. 



Roosevelt, Theodore. The Deer Family (American Sportsman Library). 



Smith, C. H. Observations on the Elk. 



Williamson, Andrew. Sport and Photography in the Rockies. 



Wolley, Clive Phillips. Big Game of North America (Badminton Library). 



