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THE ELK. 
branches of trees, leaving an entrance at 
® farther end into another enclosure which 
tel!- outlet : into this they drive the elks, 
, ^^h, becoming entangled in snares, are there 
"The North American Indians in general 
^'^^t the elk armed only with a knife or 
J^yonet. In winter, when the snow is so 
frozen that they can walk upon it in 
snow-shoes, they are frequently able to 
the animal down, as from its great bulk 
the slenderness of its legs it breaks 
^^*'oug}^ snow and plunges up to the belly 
overy step. When the elk finds itself 
pressed, it stops, and keeps its pur- 
bay with its antlers and its fore-feet, 
fa /^^ioh reason the hunters are obliged to 
their weapons to the end of a long 
gj ’ und stab it at a distance. When wound- 
sometimes rush boldly on its assail- 
’ und endeavour to trample them down ; 
