Wapiti or Elk 67 



records and the proofs. Here was the harrowed earth where 

 the fight took place, here, on the battle-ground, the lankened 

 forms of the knights, big and of even might. The Wolves had 

 picked their frames, but the peeling skulls were there, with the 

 two great pairs of branching gear inextricably locked and 

 gripped and interlocked. In fancy's eye I saw the tragic end- 

 while with the living eye I saw, not far away, a skurrying herd 

 of cows with the lesser bull that had inherited what his betters 

 had battled for in vain. 



