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scrutinizing look, then turns and bounds into the woods. The moose is 

 a great lover of solitude. He who seeks to stalk a moose and take his 

 picture must leave the beaten paths and explore the wilds of Yellow 

 stone, Glacier, or Mount McKinley Na 

 tional parks. Occasionally the visitor 

 catches sight of a moose along the road, 

 but it is only a fleeting glimpse, for after 

 that one lingering look, peculiar to the 

 moose, he is off again for solitude. 



In Yellowstone in recent years the 

 moose have spread over all parts of the 

 park. Occasionally a mother moose and 

 one or two calves will be seen in the wil 

 lows along the roads. Bridger Lake, in a 

 region which is proposed as an addition to 

 Yellowstone Park, is a favorite feeding 

 ground of the moose. The moose come to this shallow lake and wade 

 out in the water to browse on lily pads and other aquatic vegetation. 

 They hold their heads under water for unbelievably long periods, while 

 nipping off the grasses at the bottom of the lake. Unfortunately, the 

 state of Wyoming permits hunters to kill moose in this region, one of 

 the best places for Dudes from the ranches to see moose in their natural 

 habitat. It is estimated that there are six hundred moose in Yellow 

 stone Park and at least one hundred in Glacier Park, mainly on the 

 western side, and visitors can see them most easily in the vicinity of 

 Lake McDonald. They are seen also in Mount McKinley Park. 



Another elusive animal is the mountain sheep found in Glacier, 

 Yellowstone, and Rocky Mountain parks, and in Mount McKinley 

 where the beautiful Dall sheep lives. Mountain sheep have also been 

 seen in Grand Canyon Park, and years ago they were native in Sequoia 

 and Yosemite parks, from which areas they were unfortunately ex 

 terminated before the creation of the parks. Mountain sheep stay at 

 or above the timber line in the summer time, but are seen in the lower 

 valleys during the winter. In Glacier National Park trail parties see 

 these wary animals almost daily on the trips to Iceberg Lake, Swift- 

 current Pass, Going- to-the-Sun chalets, and other high places. During 

 the wintertime, the rangers feed the sheep around Many Glaciers 

 Hotel to keep them from migrating to the lower levels where they would 

 be killed by the Indians. 



In Rocky Mountain Park sheep are found near the summit of the 

 Rockies along Specimen and Flattop trails. Occasionally they are seen 

 along the Fall River Road, where it crosses the mountains at an eleva 

 tion of more than eleven thousand feet. In the winter these sheep come 



