50 PRAIRIE AND FOREST. 



turned tail, and fortunately scrambled out a wiser man ; 

 for, deil tak' me, if ever I gang near ony o' them with- 

 out baith powther and lead in my gun." 



The average weight of the full-grown male is about 

 four hundred and fifty pounds, while the female is 

 generally from fifty to seventy-five pounds less. The 

 Indians state that they live to an immense age, which 

 belief is probably caused by their venerable and ragged 

 appearance at the time they cast their coats. 



