On the frozen lake to the west of the woman milking her reindeer, wolves attack elks that have taken refuge on the ice.

To the elk, Olaus Magnus ascribes medicinal properties, as follows: "The outer hoof of the back right foot of a male elk that has not sired, cut from the live animal with an axe or removed by some other instrument after mid-August, will promptly cure convulsions or epilepsy if it is applied to the afflicted person" (Magnus 1998, III:882)