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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 425

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IS EXTINCT. 94Q OUR MOOSE, ELK, AND DEER. [Sept. Truth compels the statement that, consideredartistically, the Moose is a very homely crea-ture ; his legs and his head are too long, andhis neck and body too short for beauty. Hehas a high and sharp crest on his shoulders, in the form of forest,… … BULL MOOSE. AFTER A PHOTOGRAPH FROM LIFE. coarse, bristly hair, and not enough tail tospeak of. even in a whisper; in short, he hasno tail at all. His eyes are too small to matchhis immensity, but his voice is like that of abull of Bashan. But all these homely features have their uses.His…

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