wild state, moose browse on willow, birch, poplar, 

 shadbush and other brush. With their powerful jaws 

 and grinding teeth, they mill the brush into pulp, 

 while with their upper lip they can pick off very small 

 sprays and twigs. 



The captive moose was very fond of field roots and 

 a careless keeper gave him at one time a bushel 

 basket full of beets. The moose ate them all at one 

 meal, and died a few days later. 



This animal was generally very gentle and had the 

 freedom of a paddock, except during the rutting sea- 

 son. At that time a kind of madness seized him. He 

 was ugly and demolished fences and sheds, so that 

 he had to be confined in a stall. (To be Continued), 



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