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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 105

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y eyes attentively scan-ning the water; salmon and trout are his chiefdelight, and should one come near enough to thesurface, he is snapped out on the bank with a flipand a twist, and vanishes in Bruins capaciousmaw. Of all peculiar sights I think that that of amoose eating grass is the most… … A FAMILY OF MOOSE FEEDING ON GRASS.Because of their short necks and long legs, they usually kneel as shown in the illustration. no means a staple with them; but even a mooselikes a change of diet. The appearance of thesehuge and awkward creatures in this devotionalattitude is not only interesting…

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