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time going on in the car in a different direction. 

 After a long damp walk we were all posted at 

 intervals of about a hundred yards along a thick 

 alley of pines, with whispered instructions to stay 

 where we were and prevent the quarry from 

 breaking through, although we all had grave 

 doubts as to our ability to prevent any animal as 

 large as a moose from doing anything it felt in- 

 clined. I went up to the gentleman on my left 

 and whisperingly asked what methods I must 

 employ supposing the mighty beast suddenly 

 appeared in front of me, and he indicated a feeble 

 wagging of the hands as being likely to turn it 

 back in the direction of the Emperor's rifle.' 



But the moose" escaped back to Russian 

 territory, close at hand. 



In view of the enemies which the elk has had to 

 encounter, and the agricultural improvements 

 which have deprived him of subsistence in many 

 portions of his ancient range, and the lack of 

 legislation, and excess of legislation, which have 

 imperiled his existence, it is remarkable that 

 the elk of Scandinavia should thrive as he does 

 today. Accusing the elk of damaging the crops, 



" Memories of the Kaiser's Court, by Anne Topham (N. Y., 1914), 

 pp. 254-255. 



