

Vh li h\ (iLLi-Tc bhliab, 3rd 



AiXOTIIER \'lli\V OF THK CUW ilOOSli THAT EDUCATED HERSELF 



"I went a little closer, when she turned toward me, and again the camera recorded the scene" 



(see page 447) 



impressively corroborated by tlie fine col- 

 lection of moose horns, fotmd along the 

 river bottom in willow thickets, where 

 the absence of pine forests and the 

 annual overflow each contributed to the 

 scarcity of rodent life. These horns 

 were later presented to the Ilioloiiical 

 Survey and constitute its only collection 

 (if the mountain type of this animal. 



During the several weeks spent in 

 studying and photogra])hing moose near 

 Skilak I^ake, the network of runways 

 throughout the poplar and birch thickets 

 showed very plainly that this was one of 

 the great winter feeding ranges of these 



animals, and that a systematic search 

 would doubtless reveal many fine antlers. 

 In this we were successful from the 

 start, and nearly every afternoon, on 

 taking the canoe for camp, one or two 

 big or oddly shaped horns were a part 

 of our cargo. And if the camera failed 

 in its quest on such occasions, here were 

 the discarded crowns of the giant moose, 

 mail)' of them worthy of portraiture and 

 man^' of ])ermanent ])reservation. 



^'>\ carefully noting the course of our 

 rambles, in less than a week a square 

 mile was jjretty well covered and brought 

 to view 26 nearly perfect antlers, aside 



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