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Show ' ' l AMERICAN ANIMALS ELK, OR WAPITI W1TII stalely antlers branching vvitlo The bull -elk roams the mountainside. And sends his muling bugle-calls Resounding down the canyon walls. In davs gone by the elk was found From Chesapeake to Puget Sound; And ranged the forests all the way From Rio Grande to Hudson Ray! But thoughtless hunters, filled with grci1;' Destroyed the herds beyond all need, Till elk were given wide protection J By laAvs passed in the right direct"-"'?!. ! So now the baby wapiti Can play at hip'ty-honpity, And eat his meals and have his fun Without a fear of man or gu". A, ( by The P. I- oiland Company WNU Service.) |