Photo by George Shu as, 3rd 
THE SAMi: COW MOOSE COMING TOWARD THE AUTHOR 
"While changing plate-holders, I was surprised to see the moose turn about and come 
toward me on a slow trot. To the uninitiated this would probably have meant a bold charge, 
and, to the nature-faker, sufficient grounds for an exciting story. The animal was now so 
close that I could notice the nostrils working convulsively, and could see that if let alone she 
would pass to my leeward about five feet — the first position in which she could get the scent 
without coming at me directly" (see page 447). 
from nearly an equal number found in 
the bordering spruce forests, which the 
porcupines had, with few exceptions, 
badly gnawed (see pages 460-461). 
The members of two hunting parties 
who visited our camp were surprised and 
pleased at this collection, and could not 
understand why they had only seen a 
few worthless horns in their long jour- 
neys afoot. This was because the more 
open country was usually watched from 
a knoll with the aid of field-glasses, or 
they failed, when moving about, to de- 
tect the prong or two of some great horn 
nearly hidden in the soft moss, or did not 
know the meaning of the great white 
slabs here and there on many an exposed 
hillside. In one case I located the best 
antler of the trip at the distance of over 
a mile, the glass showing that the ser- 
rated edges could not be other than the 
outer rim of a fine horn. 
Three distinct types of horns were 
found : First, the so-called normal, or 
broadly palmated kind ; second, one of 
great length and narrow beam, and third,, 
a small fan-shaped variety (see picture, 
page 465). 
The first type was represented at times 
by two rather unusual modifications: (a) 
great thickness of the lower beams with 
a second set of brow antlers beneath, 
and (b) broadly palmated horns with 
no divisional separation of the so-called 
brow antlers (see page 464). 
In no other range of the moose have 
I found such a variety except in the 
highest mountain valleys of the Rockies, 
and it suggests the conclusion that the 
northern latitudes affect and vary the 
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