148 Life-histories of Northern Animals 



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explorers completed their conquest and allowed the noble 

 creature its proper birthright in the name of Elk! But Moose 

 it is, and not so bad, since it makes no confusion. Would 



that the Wapiti, Pronghorned Ante- 

 lope, White Goat-antelope, and Bison 

 were as happily placed! 



Lescarbot's account, cited above, 

 is the earliest mention I can find of the 

 Moose. Cartier did not see the species 

 in his famous journey to Hochelaga 

 [Montreal] in 1535; at least he does not 

 speak of it, which is pretty good proof, 

 since he saw and wrote of many beasts. 



Also the earliest drawing of Moose 

 that I can find is on Lescarbot's map 

 (1609) of Port Royal, Nova Scotia. 

 The Moose (or Vorignal, as he calls 

 it) was the characteristic animal of 

 that region and therefore used as decoration of the map 



Fig. 56 — Earliest known drawing of a 

 Moose; on Lescarbot's map (1609) 

 of Port Royal, Nova Scotia. 



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Life-history. 



In making the map of range (p. 151) I have tried to be con- 

 servative.^^ A number of outlying records are shown by crosses. 



These are as follows: 



In Prince Edward Island the Moose are now extinct, but 

 "there are occasionally found palmated horns." 

 (C. Birch Bagster, Pr. Ed. Id., 1861, p. 85.) 



Massachusetts. "The Moose formerly undoubtedly ex- 

 isted in Massachusetts." (J. A. Allen, Cat. Mam. 

 Mass. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 1869, pp. 143-257.) 



" Loc. cit., p. 440. 



" It is founded on the account of many travellers and the records of the Biological 

 Survey of the Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 



