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INDEX 



lers, 183; big-game refuges, 362; 

 moose attacked by parasites, 



374-375 



Marrow as food, 211 



Martenson, A., 309, 323 (note); 

 European elk identical with 

 moose, 58; elk range, 290 (note) ; 

 number of elk in Europe and 

 Asia, 291-292; decrease in some 

 parts of Russia, 297, 330; age 

 of elk, 301; elk migrations, 304; 

 insect pests, 306-307 ; elk calling 

 in Russia, 328; crust hunting in 

 Russia; 331; antlers, 334, 335, 

 340-343; Alces bedfordice, 344- 

 345; yearly kill of elk in Russia, 

 385 



Massachusetts, 13, 23, 35 

 McCutcheon, R. R., moose ant- 

 lers, 182 



Measurement of moose, 64-67; of 

 antlers, 190-194, 358-359 



Menomini Indian myths, 255- 

 257 



Merriam, Dr. C. H., quoted, 34 



Michigan, moose in, 36, 365-367; 

 in 1834, 29 



Micmac myths, 249-251 



Migration of moose, 3, 39-40, 42 : : 

 289, 304-305 



Millais, J. G., European elk ant- 

 lers, 339; British Columbia 

 antlers, 357; Alberta antlers, 358 



Miller, G. S., Jr., characteristics of 

 Alces gigas, 59-60 



Milzhrand, 73 : : 305 



Minchumina Lake, Alaska, moose 

 at, 43 



Mmnesota, 53, 55, 363, 378; moose 

 in, 36-37; number of moose 

 killed, 37, 47; game law, 52; 

 antlers, 184; Superior State 

 Game Refuge, 362, 363; hunting 

 from motor vehicle, 380 



Moccasins of moose skin, 15, 201, 

 203; moose-hock, 202 



Monogamy not practised by 

 moose, 82 : : 303 



Montagnais Fish and Game Club, 



Montana, 53; moose m, 37; 



Glacier National Park, 362 

 Montanus, Amoldus, quoted, 19 

 Moonlight, important in calling, 



128 



"Moose," earliest use of word, 



12 ; origin of the name, 237 

 Moose birds, 306 

 "Moose in Politics," 234 

 Moose meat as food, see Food 

 Moosehom napkin ring, 199 

 Mooselucmaguntic, 54 

 Moose wood, 87 



Moosic, Moosup, origin of names, 

 373 



Morton, Thomas, describes the 



moose, 14 

 Motor vehicles in hunting, 380 

 Mountain ash in antler-building, 



381-383 

 Mountain sheep, 180, 363 

 Mount Desert Island, 12, 55, 248 

 Mount McKinley National Park, 



Alaska, 362, 363 

 Mount Olympus, Wash., 371 

 Mount Robson National Park, 



B. C, 362 

 Mounting game heads, 194-198 

 Muffle of moose, 212-218; stewed 



muffle, 216; baked muffle, 216- 



218 



Munro, Dr. W. L., moose antlers, 

 187 



Miinster, description of elk, 278, 



314 (note) 

 Myths concerning the moose, 



245-261 



Names of the moose, errors re- 

 specting, 237, 243 



Napkin rings of moose horn, 

 198 



National Collection of Heads and 



Horns, 175, 179 (note) 

 Nenana River, Alaska, moose at, 



43 



Nepisiguit River, N. B., antlers, 

 187,359; game refuge, 364-365 



New Brunswick, 54, 67, 75, 98, 

 165, 175, 199, 248, 370, 380, 

 381; moose in, 32; game law, 

 52; number of moose killed, 48; 

 increase in number of moose, 

 32, 362; size of moose, 60, 67 

 (note); antlers, 187-189, 359- 

 360; Provincial game refuge, 

 362, 364; story of racing moose, 

 376-377 



Newfoundland, 155, 369; attempt 

 to stock with moose, 38 (note). 



