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The Moose 
XT I, THERE!” This powerful animal, the 
I I moose, or elk, the giant among deer, looks 
as if he were cornered and were all ready 
to fight. He seems awkward here, because he is 
forced back almost upon his haunches, but usually 
in his native woods he is grand and majestic. See 
the breadth of his antlers. What a blow he could 
strike with them! He lives upon the leaves, twigs, 
and buds of trees. He stands so high that he can 
reach branches several feet up, and he is so strong 
that he can bend down quite large trees to reach 
their buds. He is seven feet high at the shoulder, 
which is a foot taller than the usual tall man. 
The Car-i-bou 
S TRANGE, but this great American 
reindeer has come into some village! 
Perhaps, however, the house you see 
in the picture is some lone camp out in the 
wilds. For the car-i-bou, though large, is 
very wary and shy of human beings, and 
lives in dense forests or remote swamps, the 
mosses and lichens of which he likes. How 
different his horns are from those of the 
moose! These car-i-bou run at great speed. Every spring and fall vast 
herds of from one to two hundred go from one feeding-ground to another. 
The Bison 
T HIS animal is a large and handsome kind of wild ox. They were 
found all over the forests and plains of Europe and North Amer¬ 
ica, but now are very scarce. In spite of their size they are fleet, 
and can gallop and trot with speed. Al¬ 
though their shoulders are large, they are 
not as large as they look, because head, 
neck, and shoulders are covered with a mass 
of long, thick hair. The horns are short 
and curved, and the tail short. When gal¬ 
loping, the bison carries its head close to 
the ground and its tail high in the air. They 
live mainly on grass, but also on tree leaves. 
