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give little information concerning the time when 

 the milk teeth make way for the permanent ones 

 in any of the moose family. Professor Nitsche 

 of the Academy of Forestry at Tharand, Saxony, 

 says that the milk teeth of the moose and other 

 CervidcB are replaced much earlier than in the case 

 of the BovidcB, The incisors of the male calf, he 

 says, are replaced "at the time of the growth of 

 the first antlers, accordingly at the age of from 

 eight to twelve months; the molars are replaced 

 at the time of the second antlers, or at the age of 

 fifteen or sixteen months." The author cannot 

 believe, however, that the full set of permanent 

 teeth is attained at so early an age. In old age 

 the incisors are gradually lost, thus increasing the 

 difficulties of subsistence. 



There is little diff^erence between the night and 

 the day in the routine of a moose's life. He travels 

 and feeds at night as well as by day; he lies down 

 to rest by day as well as by night. He usually 

 browses until an hour or two before midday, and 

 then for two or three hours is likely to lie down and 

 chew the cud of idle contemplation. As he is 

 more on his guard when resting the hunter should 

 increase his own caution in proportion. 



•3 A. Martenson, Der Elch (Riga, 1903), p. 8. 



