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wall. The presence of such antlers so far from the 

 elk's range excited my curiosity, so I questioned 

 the proprietor. 



"Where did those antlers come from?" I asked. 



"0, right near the city," he replied. 



"Near Nuremberg?" I asked in surprise. 



"Certainly," said he. 



The Elk According to Miinster (1554) 



"But," I objected, "there are no elk anywhere 

 in Bavaria!" 



"O, but this head has been here for several 

 hundred years!" said the proprietor, and I realized 

 again that I was in a land with a much longer 

 history than our America. 



