This track differs from that of the buck in being smaller, slimmer, and in having the toes pointing forward or inward--rarely outward.] [Illustration: ELK This shows the track of a large male walking. Each hoof-mark is about 4½ inches long. Had it been five inches it would have meant a very large bull. The track is strictly deer-like in type, but has a little of the roundness of point that is so marked in the domestic cow. At the upper end of the drawing is snow one inch deep. Here no clouts show; at the lower end it is three inches deep, so the clout-marks are clear. Size is essential in distinguishing the track. The dung pellets, about ⅝ × ⅛ inch, are also important.] [Illustration: MULE DEER The mule deer tread cannot be distinguished with certainty from that of white-tailed or coast deer; yet it averages larger than either of these, and the curious close set together of all four feet while it does its peculiar bounding is quite unlike what we see in the white-tail track. “These deer are not good runners in the open. On level country in Arizona I have ridden after and readily overtaken parties of them within a mile. The moment rough country was reached, however, with amazing celerity a series of mighty leaps carries them away” (see page 456).] [Illustration: GRIZZLY BEAR The great size and the immense claws are the chief characteristics of the grizzly’s track. All five toes usually show in each track. “The strongest and most distinctive characteristic of the grizzlies is the long, proportionately slender and slightly curved claws of the front feet, sometimes more than three inches long” (see pages 440 and 442).] [Illustration: BLACK BEAR The plantigrade foot is clearly shown in the bear track. That of a black bear differs from that of a grizzly, first in size, second in the shortness of the claws. Usually no claws show, and the fifth toe, which is well developed on both front and hind paws, leaves little sign and often none at all. Frequently the hind foot is set on the track of the front foot in correct register.] [Illustration: THE HUMAN FOOTPRINTS The footprints of the human animal are included in this series of sketches for the purpose of comparison. Especially interesting is the similarity to be noted between the tracks made by man and those of the grizzly and the black bear (see page 608). The tracks shown on the left half of this page present the moccasin-shod footprints of a Sioux Indian compared with the shoe tracks of a white man. On the right are shown: (A) a woman’s foot which has been much pinched by tight shoes; (B) a sturdy boy’s foot, somewhat too flat to be normal; (C) the footprint of a slender man, and (D) the imprint of a robust man’s foot.] [Illustration: THE HORSE