HOW THE SAME TWO COKilORAXTS LOOKED U.\E -MONTH LATER 



looked for in several converging ranges, 

 all under easy scrutiny from a single 

 point of observation. And, in regard to 

 the moose, this requires an explanation. 



In all my journeys to the wilderness 

 home of hoofed animals, I ha\'e onh' 

 occasionall}- found an extensi\-e region 

 without animal licks, those resorts where 

 the mineralized waters or soil attract 

 ruminant quadrupeds. True, many of 

 these spots are unknown, e\'en l(.icall_\- ; 

 but nevertheless some hunter or expl(.)rer 

 frequently knows of such places. .Vnd 

 here the game photographer should lo- 

 cate for a while, however much a true 

 sportsman may decry the destructive 

 custom of killing the visiting animals at 

 a lick, be it natural or artilicial. 



Some dav I hope to summarize the 

 result of an extensive investigation of 

 hundreds of these licks, many of them 

 thousands of miles apart, and frequented 

 at different times by deer, caribou, elk, 

 moose, sheep, goats, buffalo, and ante- 

 lope. Just what elements attract and 

 how each mineral affects them, physically 

 and in their habits, presents many inter- 

 esting phases (see pages 443 and 448). 



It will suffice here to say that salt, 



S(.)da, iron, and sulphur, in the order 

 given, either singly or in combination, 

 cover practically the attractive qualities 

 of these licks. It is certainly very strange 

 that such an interesting subject has ncA'er 

 received any serious and comprehensive 

 treatment bv sportsmen or scientists. 



.-Vn Eastern sportsman had informed 

 me that a mile or so west of the present 

 camp there was a good-sized lick, and, 

 from the signs about it, he judged that a 

 number of moose visited it, even in the 

 summer time. .\s Tom had been bis 

 guide, I knew there would be no trouble 

 finding it. However, I was told, on 

 reaching Seattle, by a member of the 

 partv first attempting the ascent of Alt. 

 AIcKinley, of a large lick less than 100 

 \-ards from the south shore of the lake, 

 and in the same general direction as the 

 other one. It was therefore apparent 

 that, while neither of my informants 

 knew of both licks, they were evidently 

 in the same drainage basin and not more 

 than a mile apart. 



Feeling satisfied it was near the shore 

 lick the guides had seen the five moose, 

 and as it would be accessible by canoe 

 and less disturbed by tramping about on 



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