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The encyclopaedia of sport (1897)

Suffolk and Berkshire, Henry Charles Howard, Earl of, 1833-1898, Peek, Hedley, Aflalo, Frederick G. (Frederick George), 1870-1918 · London : Lawrence and Bullen · leaf 40

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en in the full vigour of life the bull moose has a curious process of hairy skin, some4 or 5 inches long, called the bell, hangingfrom its throat. The function of this is notunderstood. The colour of a bull moose in early winteris a glistening black, though he is lighter underhis belly and on the… … MoosF. Average height at shouliier^ tyriin. ; Average spread cf horn,52 in. ; ma.vitttnin spread of horn, t-j in. thus described: sides and shoulders, the darksable-brown of the British water-vole ; a stripe,3 inches broad, of lighter sable down the back,widening over the quarters and fading to…

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