152 Life-histories of Northern Animals 



To the north of this river Hes Canada. * * * On the north 

 of the Wabache we first began to see the Originaux." That 

 is in Canada. He clearly distinguishes Canada from the land 

 of Illinois, which name he applies to the country north of the 

 Wabash on his map. Furthermore, he includes the whole of 

 the Ohio valley as part of Louisiana, and in his list {loc. cit.) of 

 "Quadrupeds" of Louisiana does not mention the Orignal, 

 though he gives Buffalo, Stag [Wapiti], and Deer. 



In a word, then, I find not the slightest reason here (or 

 elsewhere) for believing that the Moose ever was found south 

 of the Ohio, or indeed anywhere on the south shore of Lakes 

 Erie and Ontario. 



The range of this noble animal is likely to be artificially 

 extended within the next few years. Thus, attempts are being 

 made to introduce it into Newfoundland. The success of this 

 is doubtful, but there is no reason why the Moose should not 

 be restored to its ancient realm in the Adirondacks where once 

 it was very numerous, and where it was exterminated only as 

 late as 1861. The undertaking is in charge of a society, of 

 which Harry V. Radford, the enterprising secretary, has sent 

 me (1906) the following report: 



*'The first purchases of Moose were made by the State in 

 1902, and a few more were bought and liberated in 1903. In all 

 only 12 had been liberated — at least half of which were bulls. 



"Up to the present we have not been able to make such 

 headway with the Moose for want of funds. Unfortunately, 

 at the very outset of the enterprise it received a serious set- 

 back in the killing — accidental or malicious — of four or five 

 of the Moose, most of which were cows. However, the re- 

 mainder have held their own during the past few years, and 

 they are occasionally seen in some part of the woods. The 

 advocates of restoration claim — with reason and justice, we 

 believe — that the Moose project has not yet been given a fair 

 test, and that if we can only get enough released so as to make 



