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day, al! the fndians that were not interested lu 

 the safe lauding of those engaging creatures, pad- 

 dled from point to point, and the man that owned 

 ihem not caring to go so far about by himself, 

 accompanied the others, ill hopes that they would 

 follow him round as usual 5 but at night the young 

 moose did not arrive, and as the howling of &ome 

 wolves was heard in that quarter, it was supposed 

 they had been devoured by them, as they were 

 never afterwards seen 



I have also seen several live elks. This animal 

 is called by Catesby, cervus major Americanus 

 — by Jefferson, alces Americanus, cornibus tereti- 

 bus, or round horned elk — by Clavigero, the alces 

 of New-Mexico — by Barton, cervus v»apite — and 

 he is confounded by Pennant with the moose, and 

 described by him as the stag. The male has a 

 beard imder his throat and upon his breast — (ca- 

 runcula gutturalis) a short mane — tail very short 

 — the female has no horns. The horns are not 

 palmated like those of the moose, but are round- 

 ed, and consist, 1st. of the brow antlers. 2d. the 

 two middle prongs, sometimes called the fighting 

 horns: and 3d. the horns, properly so called. 

 His horns do not commonly drop till June, but 

 sometimes as early as April. Under the interior 

 angle of each eye, there is an oblique slit, or 

 ^aperture, about an inch in length, which is said to 



