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Jay, all the Indians that were not interested iu 

 the safe landing of those engaging creatures, pad- 

 dled from point to point, and the man that owned 

 them not caring to go so far about by himself, 

 accompanied the others, in hopes that they would 

 follow him round as usual ; but at night the young 

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

 wolves was heard in that quarter, it was supposed 

 they had been devoured by them, as they were 

 jaever 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 wapite — and 

 lie is confounded by Pennant with the moose, and 

 described by firm as mt; siagj Tl ! ° fift&k has a 

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

 runcula gutturalis) a short mane — tail very short 

 — the female has no horns. The horns are not 

 paimated like those of the moose, but are round- 

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

 two middle pronsrs, sometimes called the ficrhiins; 

 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 

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

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



