AMERICAN BIG GAME 



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he has a fair chance to kill, and he tries his best to capture 

 all the animals he wounds ; for a wounded deer is almost 

 sure to wander about for days in agony until the wolves 

 end its misery. 



70. The Elk, or Wapiti, and the Moose. 



sis and Alee alces, var. Americanus. 



Cervus Canaden- 



FIG. 57. ELK, OR WAPITI. 



MATERIAL : As under Virginia deer. It would be beyond the plan 

 and purpose of this book to give a detailed description of the life and 

 habits of the elk, moose, wolf, and black bear. For such treatises 

 teacher and pupils are referred to the many books on hunting big 

 game ; to Audubon and Bachman, Quadrupeds of North America, and 

 to various sporting magazines, especially to Forest and Stream, of 



