Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 379
caribou a broad sup- he will, kept from sinking too deep by his wide-spreading snowshoes. There is another curious thing about a cari-bous hoofs. The edges, in winter, are sharpand convex, like a bells rim, so that he cantravel on the ice without slipping. He likesthis kind of traveling, and is… … THE WOODLAND CARIBOU THAT LIVES, AS ITS NAME DENOTES, CHIEFLY IN THE FORESTS. porting surface on which to travel—verymuch wider than that of his great cousin, themoose. It is indeed a kind of natural snow-shoe, not unlike that which grows on the grousesfoot every winter to help him over the snow.…
Children's literature
Internet Archive · UNC Libraries · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial], 1873, leaf 379](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/1024/ia-stnicholasserial281dodg-379-409.webp)
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-stnicholasserial05dodg-263-174.webp)
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-stnicholasserial222dodg-338-235.webp)
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-stnicholasserial222dodg-428-310.webp)
