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HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA. 



ceeded in reaching their homes, they again put up 

 their stakes before the door-way, take off the tempo 

 rary covering from the roof, and either take them in 

 a living state, or spear them in their habitations. 

 When they inhabit a sheet of water, which is merely 

 kept up by a dam, they are still more readily taken, 

 by letting off the water, and leaving their huts quite 

 dry. The gun is also sometimes, though not very 

 generally, used; and log-traps, baited with poplar 

 sticks, are now and then made use of to commit havoc 

 among them. 



THE MOOSE. 



The Moose or Elk (Cervus Aloes) is found in Cali 

 fornia. This animal is the largest of his genus, being 

 higher at the shoulders than the horse ; its horns 

 weigh sometimes near fifty pounds ; accordingly, to 





