upon which the Hodag feeds, and also prevents slipping and sliding when he is running down steep declivities. The hook on the end of its tail is also used for the same purpose, and by such means it can with safety maintain a breakneck speed down quite steed precipices in pursuit of its natural prey. It is a very intelligent animal. Its facial expression is almost human but not as much so as would appear from the photograph.     The mouth is very prominent. The teeth form a double row on the lower jaw, as will be seen by close scrutiny of the accompanying picture. The upper jaw projects beyond the lower jaw, is pointed and as hard as flint. On its lower edge are many rows of sharp cutting teeth. The upper jaw has a rotary grinding motion when the animal is masticating its food. The sharp point or horn in which this jaw terminates is a fearful weapon when the Hodag uses it as a ram and rushes upon its prey with the speed of the wind. It is a most formidable beast, and its presence even in broad daylight could not fail to strike terror to the boldest heart. But is most to be dreaded at night. The noise that it makes by whetting its upper teeth upon the lower ones, once heard in the stillness of a summer night, will never be forgotten. To cap the climax there is the Hodag's howl. Forty-seven wild-cats and as many loons, assisted by as many screech-owls, all attuning their voices in unison, would, figuratively speaking, not be “in it.”     The scientific name (Bovine Spiritualis) was given to the animal on account of the popular belief that on the death of

an ox, its spirit took the form of a hodag. In support of this theory it is reported by at least three reliable woodsmen that soon after Daly & Sampson lost a valuable black and white ox in the winter of 1893-4, they saw in the distance a large hodag marked plainly with white spots on a black background like the ox in question; and what is still more remarkable “D. & S.” was distinctly branded on one horn. To this day these woodsmen smile a smile of scorn and derision when anyone in their presence presumes to cast a doubt upon this illustration of the ancient theory of transmigration.     It is true that the hodag is carniverious, [sic] but it also feeds upon small shrubs, and the new shoots on the branches of trees are its favorite diet. It prefers the pine to all other kinds of timber. By means of the hook on its tail it pulls small trees up by the roots and then feeds upon the branches.     The Hodag frequents the trails made by oxen in their feeding grounds, that are turned loose in summer by the logging firms, and many a poor camp watcher has come to a violent death by meeting one of these ugly brutes on a crooked, brush-covered trail. Without any warning his legs are clasped by the long sharp claws and held firmly while the animal proceeds to disembowel him with the hooks on his tail; the result is too horrifying to talk about. All the while the beast is uttering the most deafining roars imaginable. Such frequent encounters occurred in the summer of 1893-4 that the last legislature of Wisconsin