American Big Game in its Haunts 



hall, is not only vulgar taste, but is helping along 

 the extermination of these ancient types. An ani- 

 mal like the moose or the wapiti represents a line 

 of unbroken descent of vast antiquity, and the 

 destruction of the finest members of the race to 

 decorate a hallway cannot be too strongly 

 condemned. 



The writer desires to express his thanks for 

 photographs and information used in this article 

 to Dr. J. A. Allen, of the American Museum of 

 Natural History, New York City; Dr. Daniel 

 Giraud Elliot, of the Field Columbian Museum, 

 Chicago; and to Mr. Andrew J. Stone, the 

 explorer. 



Madison Grant. 



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