QUADRUPEDS. 
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IPO. The Indians believe that there exists a 
gigantic Elk, which can walk without difficulty in 
eight feet of snow, is invulnerable to all weapons, 
and has an arm growing out of his shoulder, which 
he uses as we do ours. They consider him as the 
king of the Elks, and imagine that he is attended by 
numerous courtiers. 
THE HOG. 
191. The Hog is common in most countries of 
the known world. It appears to hold a rank between 
the carnivorous animals, or those which feed on flesh, 
and the graminivorous, or those which feed on grass, 
possessing the ravenous appetite of the first, and the 
inoffensive nature of the last. In its teeth it resem- 
bles the horse, in its hoofs the cow, in its numerous 
progeny and voracious appetite the wild cat. 
192. The Wild Boar, which is the original of all 
the varieties of the hog kind, is found in the forests 
of Germany and Russia. He is neither so stupid nor 
so filthy as the domestic Hog. The chase of the Wild 
Boar constitutes one of the principal amusements of 
What do the Indians believe in regard to the gigantic Elk 1 
Where is the Hog found 1 What rank does the Hog hold in the 
scale of animals ? What is said of the Wild Boar, and where is 
he found ? What is said of the chase of the Wild Boar ? 
