THE SMALL NEIGHBORS OF BIG GAME 311 



and later on he and his partners carried cage and contents 

 out to the wagon road in Elk valley. The labor and 

 hardships they endured in this task are almost indescriba- 

 ble. They slept on the snow, without shelter, with the 

 temperature at 20 degrees below zero. 



But at last they won out; and the Wolverine at last 

 reached New York, alive and well. It was the first speci- 

 men of that species to reach the Zoological Park, and was 

 treated with the utmost consideration. Two photographs 

 of it are reproduced herewith. 



