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hoofs he feeds upon the wintergreen {Gaultheria 

 procumhens), the lycopodiums, and many other green 

 things, like mosses and lichens. Early in the spring 

 he gradually works his way toward the shores of the 

 lakes, and finds there pickerel weed, lily pads, and 

 spatter-dock ; as the season advances he approaches 

 the outskirts of civilization and crops the 

 new meadow grasses near the farms ; he 

 even ventures as far as the pasture bars, 

 not infrequently feeding in company with 



I/ycopocKum complanatum. Pickerel Weed. 



the COWS ; but the latter are inclined to be suspicious 

 of the strangers and sometimes move off to another 

 part of the field. 



