ELK. 
per lip, greatly overhaDging the lower; large 
eyes and ears ; very high shoulders ; long 
legs ; broad hoofs ; and an exceedingly short 
tail. The hair, which is in general strong, 
coarse, and of an elastic nature, is longest on 
the neck and shoulders, where it forms a sort 
of bristly mane. Ix is also long beneath the 
throat : and Linnaeus, in his specific character i 
of the Elk, mentions a sort of caruncle, or c 
pendent excrescence, under the throat, which i 
is not apparent in some specimens of the ani- f 
mal. The Female has no horns* is 
s: 
Pennant, who unites, it must be remem- !i 
bered, the accounts of the Elk and Moose- si 
Deer, thus describes their manners — *' They p 
live amid the forests, for the conveniency of w 
brousing the boughs of trees: by reason of m 
the great length of their legs, and the shortness it 
of their neck, which prevent them from graz- 
ing with any sort of ease, they often feed on 
water-plants, which they can readily get at 
by wading; and, M. Sarrasin says, they are 
so fond of the Anagyrls Faetida, or Stinking 
Bean Trefoil, as to dig for it with their feet, 
when covered with snow. They have a sinr 
gular 
