INDEX 



391 



Ermine, attacks on elk, 354 

 Exaggeration in respect to size, 

 21-22, 24, 64, 81 (note) :: 280 

 353; in respect to antlers, 21, 

 26, 176 



Extermination of moose, no dan- 

 ger of, 32, 226-227, 361-365 



Eyesight of moose, inferior to that 

 of man, 90-93 



Fossil remains of moose, 4, 372 :: 

 272 



France, extinction of elk in, 276 



Eraser, Rev. J., on moose muffle, 

 214 j 



Friese, Richard, painting of Rus- 

 sian elk, 271 



Future of the moose, 220-231, 

 361-365 



Fat of the moose, 207; prized by 



Indians, 18 

 Fay, S. P., moose antlers, 182 

 Feeding ground required by 



moose, 377-378 

 Ferguson, L. G., Nova Scotia 



moose antlers, 189, 360 

 Ferguson, W. P. F., moose on Isle 



Royale, 366-367 

 Field Museum, Chicago, moose 



antlers, 178 

 Fights between moose, 81, 83, 



125, 172, 173, 175:: 328-329 

 Finland, elk in, 288, 290, 291- 



292, 385 

 Firearms, 152- 160, 380-381 

 "Flat-homed elk," 243 

 Fog siren as a moose call, 124 



(note) 



Food, moose meat as, 204-219; 

 easily digested, 205; baked 

 muffle, 216-218; broiling, 208; 

 chafing dish, 210; chops, 209; 

 cold storage, 206-207; corned, 

 218; the fat, 207; feet, 212; 

 liver, 210; marrow, 211; muffle, 

 212-218; pan broiling, 208; 

 roast, 209; smoked, 18; steaks, 

 208; stewing, 209; stewed 

 muffle, 216; tongue, 211 



Food of moose, 86-87, 361, 382- 

 383 ::303, 310-31 1 ; effect of, on 

 growth of antlers, 174, 381-383; 

 causes of improved food condi- 

 tions, 361 



Footwear, 161 -162 



Forest conservation, 220 et seq., 

 361-365 



Forest fires, cause of improved 

 food conditions, 361 



Fortymile District, Alaska, num- 

 ber of moose, 43 



Fossil elk antlers, 272, 336-337, 

 385-386 



Gait of the moose, 74 

 Game as a national asset, 222-223, 

 225-226 



"Game in New Netherland," 20 

 Game laws, 41-52, 227-231 1:296- 

 298 



Game refuges, 361-365 



Gander Bay, Newfoundland, 



moose released, 370 

 Gander River, moose killed on, 370 

 Gannett, Henry, quoted, 272 

 Ganong, Prof. W. F., story of the 



racing moose, 376-377; the food 



factor in antler-building, 383 

 Gaspe Peninsula, 25, 31, 40; game 



preserve, 362, 364 

 Geographic names derived from 



moose, 53-56:1292 

 Germany, gradual extinction of 



elk in, 276, 281 

 Gesner, Conrad, epilepsy in elk, 



347 



Giant moose, Indian belief in, 

 260-261 



Gibb, L. M., moose antlers, 186, 

 358-359 



Glacier National Park, 362 ; moose 

 in, 37 



Glooskap in Indian myth, 247 



Gorges, Sir Ferdinando, describes 

 the moose, 11 -12 



Grand Lake, Newfoundland, 

 moose released, 370 ; 



Grant, Madison, 33, 34, 96, 261; 

 range of moose, 39 (note); 

 brow palmation of Alaska ant- 

 lers, 61 



"Gray moose," 24, 372 



Great Bear and Great Slave Lakes, 

 moose at, 48 



Greek name for elk, 239-240 



Growth of antlers, 170-174, 360 :: 

 312, 339-341; the food factor in 

 promoting growth, 381-383 



