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INDEX 



172; weight, 176, 178, 180, 181 

 (note), 191, 358; mounted on 

 wooden heads, 167. See Elk 

 Arctic Circle, 39, 180 :: 288 

 Area required by moose, 377-378 

 Arms and ammunition, 152-160, 

 380-381 



Arseneau, Joseph, moose antlers, 

 '359 



Articles made from moose pro- 

 ducts, 202-203 284-287 



Asia, earliest home of moose, 3; 

 elk range in, 288-289 



Attacks by moose on men, 76-81, 

 366-367; when jacking, 146-147 



Audubon and Bachman, marrow 

 as food, 211; the muffle, 214 



Automatic rifles, 152, 159 



Automobile, use of in hunting, 

 380; headlight as a jack, 379 



Baird, Prof. S. F., quoted, 74- 

 75 



Baltic provinces of Russia, 290, 



292, 316, 322, 385 

 Banff, moose antlers, 358; moose 



shipped to New Zealand, 368 

 Barren-ground caribou, 362 

 Barren Lands, moose in, 48 

 Basques, their name for moose, 



238 



"Battle Between Bulls," 81 



Beam, circumference, how meas- 

 ured, 191 



Beaver's tail as food, 212-213 



"Before the Battle," 130 



Bell of the moose, 68; of old moose, 

 illustrated, 174 



Bell, J. M., an Indian myth, 257- 

 260 



Bell, Dr. Robert, moose killed for 

 skins, 30; migration of moose, 

 39-40 



Berkshire Hills, moose in, 35 

 Bierstadt, A., moose antlers, 189 

 Black Hills, moose to be released 



in, 372 

 Blacktail deer, 369 

 Blasius, Prof. W., 285, 287, 309; 



age of elk, 301 ; diseases of elk, 



305 



Blowflies, 163 



Blue Mountain preserve, 36 

 Blunt points in antlers, cause, 360 

 Bock, S. F., epilepsy in elk, 347 



Bolt rifles, 157, 380-381 



Bone in the moose's heart, 267- 

 2681:351 



Boston, moose killed near, 24, 35 



Boucher, P., the epilepsy super- 

 stition, 265-266 



Bows and arrows, compared with 

 firearms, 10 



Brandt, J. F., fossil elk antlers, 

 336-337 



Breck, Dr. E., on calling, 129 

 (note) 



Breeding moose in captivity, 71-73 

 Brehm, A. E., 225; elk in cap- 

 tivity, 315 

 Bright colors for hunting clothing, 

 90, 161 



British Columbia, 55, 130; moose 

 in, 39; game law, 52; hunting 

 in, 45; antlers, 182, 357; big- 

 game refuges, 362, 364; increase 

 in number of moose, 362, 364; 

 moose taken to New Zealand, 

 367 



"Brought to Bay," 321 

 Brow palmation of Alaska ant- 

 lers, 61 



Browne, Belmore, an episode in 



Alaska, 118 

 Browsing and peeling, 107 

 Buffalo, South Dakota, exchanged 



for moose, 372 

 Buff-leather, 15, 28 

 Buffon, 62, 282 



Bujack, J. G., 354; epilepsy super- 

 stition in America, 350 



Bull's response to call, 124 



Bullets which have killed moose, 

 381. See Firearms 



Burnt land favorable for moose, 

 361, 383 



Burrard, Sir Harry, moose antlers, 

 188 



Caesar, 240; describes the elk, 

 274 



Calf moose, 71; birth, 83-84; 

 rapid growth, 84-85; show little 

 fear of men, 85 ; protected, 52 



Calling, 1 20-13 1 :: 327-330; the 

 season, 120; in Alaska and Yu- 

 kon, 121; the calling stand, 122; 

 the call, 124; the bull's answer, 

 124; contests between bulls, 

 125 :: 328-329; freedom from 



