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Title: Camp-fires of a naturalist (microform) : the story of fourteen expeditions after North American mammals, from the field notes of Lewis Lindsay Dyche, A.M., M.S., professor of zoology and curator of birds and mammals in the Kansas State University
Identifier: cihm_14945 (find matches)
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: Edwords, Clarence E. (Clarence Edgar), b. 1856; Dyche, Lewis Lindsay, 1857-1916
Subjects: Dyche, Lewis Lindsay, 1857-1916; Dyche, Lewis Lindsay, 1857-1916; Mammals; Mammals; Naturalists; Zoology; Mammifères; Mammifères; Naturalistes; Zoologie
Publisher: London : S. Low, Marston
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I ! i\ "How largo do elk grow?" asked the doctor as thej' were packing the specimens and commenting on the bi^ fellow's size. "A full-grown bull sometimes attains the weight of a thousand pounds, but the average is not over half of that. Cows weigh from three hundred to five hundred pounds and have but one calf, which is spotted like a fawn." "If the skin was as good as the t," said Jim as he helped himself to another rib, -« vv^ould make mighty good leather, but it's the poorest part of the animal." " That's a fact," replied Dyche; " the skin is almost worthless and appears to be rotten when tanned." "Where is the best place to find elk now?" asked the judge. " The range is now restricted to certain favoured spots in the Rocky Mountains, but they formerly ranged from Northern Mexico to British Columbia. A. few are found in Minnesota. They live principally on grass and twigs and sometimes bit? of the bark of such trees as quaking asps. The European cousin of the elk is undoubtedly the red deer, or stag. Elk will average much larger than the stag, but they are similar in general appearance and when placed in parks together will breed and their offspring will also breed." " What a fine team a pair of them would make!" said Jim. " They would take a fellow sailing over the country in great style." " I've seen that done," said the judge. " Last year it was a common sight in Denver. A man had a

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