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Elk Attacked by Wolves

HEN attacked by his The weight of the antlers of the Elk natural enemies, the may be fifty, or even sixty pounds; the wolves, the Elk, antlers of the extinct Irish Elk have been which is the largest found in some cases to measure ten feet. nember of the deer in expanse from tip to tip, and to weigh race now living, can from sixty to seventy pounds. use its horns with Stags, in escaping from beasts of prey, deadly effect. As the are loaded with an additional weight for elephant uses its the race, and are greatly retarded in passtusks to repel the ing through a woody country. The onslaught of the tiger, so Moose, for instance, with horns extending the Elk has been known to five and a half feet from tip to tip, strike a wolf dead with a although so skilful in their use that he single blow of his antlers; will not touch or break a twig when walkand whilst he will trample ing quietly, cannot act so dexterously on his fallen foe, he may whilst rushing away from a pack of keep a host at bay by aid of the horns. wolves. During his progress he holds 1