114 HOOFED ANIMALS 
hair. On the neck and shoulders it is six inches long. Under 
the throat hangs a long, ornamental strip of hair-covered 
skin, four inches long, called a “‘bell.”” In the adult male 
animal this bell is sometimes a foot in length. 
The female Moose has no antlers, but in bulk she almost 
equals the proportions of the male. 
In captivity the Moose is naturally a docile animal, not 
foolishly nervous like most deer, but steady, confiding and 
affectionate. Moose are easily handled, and trained to drive 
in harness, and in contact with man manifest more common 
sense than any other species of deer with which I am ac- 
quainted. 
Owing to the peculiar nature of the digestive organs of 
this animal, it cannot live long upon ordinary grass or hay, 
even when supplemented with the best tree-branches that its 
own native forests can supply. It is my belief that vigorous 
daily exercise is vitally necessary to the proper digestion and 
assimilation of their food. In captivity, even when fed on 
fresh green browse of the choicest variety, which they eat 
with relish, they usually die of gastro-enteritis, or inflam- 
mation of the stomach and intestines. Green grass is fatal 
to them, and when fed on grain, hay and vegetables they 
soon become emaciated and die. Thus far the best results 
achieved in the maintenance of captive Moose on public 
exhibition have been in the Cincinnati Zoological Garden, 
where Superintendent 5. A. Stephen has succeeded in keep- 
ing a pair for about five years. In great forest preserves, 
such as Blue Mountain Park, in New Hampshire, Moose do 
live, thrive and increase. On the Atlantic coast south of 
