74 THE ELK. 
take food from the hands of his children. 
was bought by Mr. Wise, the British Cons" 
at Gottenburg, and landed at Harwich ; bvd' 
unfortunately, one of its legs was broken 
the attempt to remove it to the park of S" 
R. Henniker, its final destination, and 
noble beast died shortly afterwards. Its spee<^’ 
like that of its whole tribe, was almost inct"' 
dible. ^ 
The people of Canada have two methods 
the elk. When the lakes are 
hunting 
1 ) 0 ' 
frozen the hunters assemble in canoes, a"' 
a 
form a vast semicircle on the water, each n" 
reaching the shore, while another party 
land, attended by dogs, surround an ext^"* 
sive tract, and with loud shouts drive 
elks they find in it to the water, into whi"*’ 
the animals plunge, and are easily killed 
the people in the canoes. The other 
thod requires more preparation. The hunt"'^' 
enclose a large space of ground with stak^' 
