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Adirondacs. A solitary bull or a cow and calf, usually selects m 

 autumn a hill or spur of mountains, where abounds the mountain 

 ash and striped maple; his choicest food. Here he hibernates in 

 what the hunter terms his " yard." As the snows deepen, he in- 

 dustriously keeps open the paths leading to the various sections 

 of his domain. He uniformly traverses the same route, and thus 

 preserves a beaten track in the deepest snows of winter. In this 

 seclusion he passes the season, feeding upon the tender branches 

 of his favorite shrubs, until spring returns, and the voice of nature 

 invokes him to seek new companions. During the summer they 

 frequent the vicinity of ponds and marshes, feeding; upon aquatie 

 plants. The roots of the pond lily they greedily devour. 



The pursuit of the moose, is among the most animating and at- 

 tractive sports of the huntsman. The senses of this animal are 

 supposed to be peculiarly acute. He discovers afar off the ap- 

 proach of danger, and breaks from his covert and flies with incre' 

 dible celerity. His stately horns thrown back upon his shoul- 

 ders, his nose projecting, and with the gate and action of a fast 

 trotting horse, he dashes amid the forest?, over mountains and 

 through morasses, with a speed that defies pursuit, unless the 

 crust of snow yields to his enormous bulk, when he is readily 

 overtaken. Althoi^gh naturally a timid animal, he then turns at 

 bay, and with immense power and indomitable courage faces his 

 foes, and woe betide the hunter or d< g who falls v ithin the reach 

 of his horns, or the trampling of his hoofs. He is then the very 

 symbol of savage ferocity. His aspect is terrific ; his eyes glare, 

 his mane erect, every hair, long and protruding, seems to expand 

 and become animate. His defiant roar resounds among the moun- 

 tains ; he defends h'ms If to the last throe with unyielding ener- 

 gy. The meat of the moose is considered a choice and rare deli- 

 cacy. % 



The fox and the muskrat are alnindant, and with the minx and 

 martin, are yet pursued for thtir j)elnges. The squirrel, in most 

 of its varieties, exist in great numbers. Small colonies of the 

 flying squirr<l are found in some localities Its singular construc- 

 tion and grt'at beauty render it an object of much interest. A 

 peculiar incapacity alike for defence and escape, makes it the 



