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every direction for many successive days, he was never able 

 to find the poor animal, who had doubtless perished of 

 hunger, in consequence of the leash getting entangled 

 among the trees." 



In other instances the dog is allowed to range at large. 

 If properly trained, however, he should not open on the 

 track of the elk, and not until he is immediately up with 

 him. In that case the deer, taken by surprise, instead 

 of fleeing, frequently stands at bay ; and if the dog be 

 high-couraged, and carries on his attack vigorously, the 

 chances are that his master, if at all near to the spot, will 

 have time to approach within range of the elk, and to put 

 an end to his career. But if, on the contrary, the dog, when 

 he first hits upon the trail, at once gives tongue, as is too 

 often the case, the probability is, that the deer will take the 

 alarm, and move off. From their superior courage, one has 

 always the best chance of success with old male elks, and 

 that more especially during the rutting season, at which 

 time, as said, they are very savage. 



But high-couraged dogs, when thus in conflict, as it were, 

 with the elk, come badly off at times. Only two years since, 

 indeed, I saw a dog brought down from the forest in a 

 most cruelly mangled state; and though the poor creature 

 eventually recovered, it is doubtful to me if he will ever be 

 himself again. 



" The elk," M. Greiff says, " may be readily shot with the 

 assistance of a pointer." But this gentleman has left us 

 in the dark as to the manner in which the feat is to be 

 accomplished. The late President M. af Robson, who often 

 accompanied M. Greiff on his sporting excursions, tells us, 

 however, that it was done in this wise : 



