. [Articles about birds from National geographic magazine]. Birds. HOW THE SAME TWO COKilORAXTS LOOKED U.\E -MONTH LATER looked for in several converging ranges, all under easy scrutiny from a single point of observation. And, in regard to the moose, this requires an explanation. In all my journeys to the wilderness home of hoofed animals, I ha\'e onh' occasionall}- found an extensi\-e region without animal licks, those resorts where the mineralized waters or soil attract ruminant quadrupeds. True, many of these spots are unknown, e\'en l(.icall_\-; but nevertheless some hunter or expl(.)rer f
. [Articles about birds from National geographic magazine]. Birds. HOW THE SAME TWO COKilORAXTS LOOKED U.\E -MONTH LATER looked for in several converging ranges, all under easy scrutiny from a single point of observation. And, in regard to the moose, this requires an explanation. In all my journeys to the wilderness home of hoofed animals, I ha\'e onh' occasionall}- found an extensi\-e region without animal licks, those resorts where the mineralized waters or soil attract ruminant quadrupeds. True, many of these spots are unknown, e\'en l(.icall_\-; but nevertheless some hunter or expl(.)rer frequently knows of such places. .Vnd here the game photographer should lo- cate for a while, however much a true sportsman may decry the destructive custom of killing the visiting animals at a lick, be it natural or artilicial. Some dav I hope to summarize the result of an extensive investigation of hundreds of these licks, many of them thousands of miles apart, and frequented at different times by deer, caribou, elk, moose, sheep, goats, buffalo, and ante- lope. Just what elements attract and how each mineral affects them, physically and in their habits, presents many inter- esting phases (see pages 443 and 448). It will suffice here to say that salt, S(.)da, iron, and sulphur, in the order given, either singly or in combination, cover practically the attractive qualities of these licks. It is certainly very strange that such an interesting subject has ncA'er received any serious and comprehensive treatment bv sportsmen or scientists. .-Vn Eastern sportsman had informed me that a mile or so west of the present camp there was a good-sized lick, and, from the signs about it, he judged that a number of moose visited it, even in the summer time. .\s Tom had been bis guide, I knew there would be no trouble finding it. However, I was told, on reaching Seattle, by a member of the partv first attempting the ascent of Alt. AIcKinley, of a large lick less than 100 \-ards from the south
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