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OF OUR SIII{i) AXTI.KRS 



It became necessary finally to suspend these horns on wires from trees to escape porcu- 

 pine and squirrels. "During the se\-eral weeks sjient in studying and photographing moose 

 near Skilak Lake, the network of runwa>'s 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. ,\nd if the camera failed in its quest on 

 such occasions, here were the discarded crowns of the giant moose, many of them worthy 

 of portraiture and many of permanent preservation. By carefully noting the course of our 

 rambles, in less than a week a square mile was pretty well covered and brought to view 26 

 nearly perfect antlers, aside from nearly an equal number found in the bordering spruce 

 forests, which the porcupines had, with few exceptions, badly gnawed." 



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