OF THE MOOSE. 



early December. In January the horn 

 begins to get soft, and soon falls off. It 

 is said by hunters that the largest animals 

 lose their antlers weeks earlier than the 

 younger bulls. It is also claimed that 

 the natural color of the moose-horn is 

 white ; that this is the color when the 

 velvet comes off, but that contact with 

 the trees, and rubbing against the bark 

 something which the moose appar- 

 ently delights in causes the horn to 

 take that pretty shade of antique oak. 

 There is all the difference in the world 

 in horns. Some have a multitude of 

 points ; some have wider webs ; some 

 have stouter horn stems; some set more 

 gracefully on the skull ; some lie more 

 horizontally than others ; so that when 

 the term a " choice head " is used it 

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