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Title: Children's own library
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Burdick, J. Ellis (Jennie Ellis) Welsh, Charles, 1850-1914
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Publisher: New York, National Library Co
Contributing Library: Information and Library Science Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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osing together. When harnessedto a sledge it can draw two hundred and fifty tothree hundred pounds weight at about ten miles anhour. The European Moose inhabits the northern parts ofEurope. It was considered at one time to be identicalwith the American elk, but naturalists now believe it tobe a distinct animal. Its usual pace is a high, awkwardtrot, but when frightened it sometimes gallops. It isvery strong, and can destroy a wolf with a single blowof its large and powerful horns. Like the reindeer, the Moose makes a great clatteringwith its hoofs when in rapid motion. It is a goodswimmer, and is fond of taking to the water in summer-time. It is rather dangerous when incensed, as itfights desperately with its horns and hoofs. We now arrive at the thick-skinned animals whichdo not chew the cud. The first on the list is the Horse.The Arabian Horse is a model of elegance and beauty.The Arab treats his Horse as one of the family ; it livesin the same tent with him, eats from his hand, and
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woods natural history 89 sleeps among his children, who tumble about on it with-out any fear. A Horse in Norwich, Vt., was sold to a man in Ox-ford, N.H. As he was being taken from the wagonone evening he slipped away from his new owner and

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