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INDEX 



Danger from moose in captivity, 

 71; in the woods, 76-81, 366- 

 367 



Darrow, W. Jr., Quebec moose 

 antlers, 358 



d'Aulnay, Sieur, trade in moose 

 skins, 27 



Decatur, S., moose antlers, 187 



Deer, see Virginia deer 



Demidoff, Prince E., 339; hunting 

 in Russia, 296 



Denys, Nicolas, 122 (note); In- 

 dian kettles, 9-10; slaughter of 

 moose in Acadia, 26-27; Indian 

 superstitions, 266, 267 



** Depth of body " defined, 64 



Description of moose, 64 et seq.; 

 Sir Ferdinando Gorges, 11-12; 

 William Wood, 13; Thomas 

 Morton, 14; Montanus, 20-21; 

 Josselyn, 21-23; Judge Dudley, 

 23-25; of elk — Caesar, 274; 

 Pliny, 275; Miinster, 278 



Deterioration in antlers, 169-170, 

 360, 382:: 334-335 



Development of antlers, 170- 



171 339-341 

 Dewclaw bones as paper cutters, 

 200 



De Weese, Dall. 60; large moose 

 killed by, 67 



Diereville, the epilepsy supersti- 

 tion, 267 (note) 



Digestibility of various foods, 

 205 



Dimock, J. A., picture of calf 



moose, 84 

 Diseases of moose, 72, 73, 374-375 



305-307 

 Division into species, 56-62 

 Dogs in hunting, 145 :: 318-322, 



326; used by Indians, 9, 134- 



135, 138; in Cape Breton, 145 

 Dog-Rib Indian myth, 257-260 

 Domestication of moose, 17, 71- 



75; proposed, 12, 13, 14, 17; of 



elk, 307-315 

 Donne, Capt. T. E., on moose in 



New Zealand, 367-369 

 Douglas-Lithgow, Dr., quoted, 54 

 Dried moose meat, 16, 18 

 Driving game, by Indians, 11, 



134-136; methods employed, 



147. Elk drives in Europe, 



see Elk 



Driving moose in harness, 74-75, 



376-377 :: 307-309 

 Dudley, Judge Paul, 35, 262; 



description of moose, 23-25; 



moose's muffle, 213 



Earliest use of the word moose, 

 12 



"East American moose," 372 

 East Prussia, elk in, 281, 284, 290, 



293-295, 306, 378, 384-385 

 "East Siberian elk," 345 (note) 

 Eaton, A. W., quoted, 247-248 

 Edward VII., a New Brunswick 

 moose head, 188; elk drive in 

 Sweden, 327 

 Elend, origin of name, 239-241 

 Elk, American, see Wapiti 

 Elk, European and Asiatic — 

 Antlers, 334-345; growth of, 

 312; slow development, 339- 

 341; in captivity, 314; time of 

 casting, 341-342; fossil, 336- 

 337, 385: best specimens, 337- 

 339; A Ices bedfordioe, 343-345; 

 used in medicine, 351 



Hunting methods — with dogs, 

 318-322, 326; driving, 293- 

 294, 322-327; "circhng," 325; 

 calling, 327-330; pitfalls, etc., 



330-333 



Age, 301-302; diseases, 305- 

 307; domestication, 307-315; 

 food of, 303, 310-31 1 ; in herds, 

 302; identical with moose, 57, 

 58, 62, 243, 273; insect pests, 

 306-307; migrations, 304-305; 

 misbeliefs, 346-355; not mo- 

 nogamous, 303; number, 291- 

 292, 293; playfulness, 310, 312; 

 elk products in the arts, 284- 

 287; in medicine, 346-351; 

 range, 288-290; rutting season, 

 302 ; size, 281-282, 300; fondness 

 for water, 303 > ^ 



Elk, Irish, 243-244 

 Elk, origin of the name, 239-240 

 Elwes, H. J., 338; on area required 

 by moose, 377-378; mountain 

 ash in antler-building, 381-382 

 Embroidery in moose hair, 68 

 England, fossil remains in, 385- 

 386 



Epilepsy in moose, superstitious 

 belief, 263-267 : 1346-351 



