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Moose. — Name used by the English for the Orignac, or Orignal, of the French. 

 A^ppears first in Captain John Smith's General! Historié in 1614 in a 

 list of animals of Penobscot Bay in the form Moos, and again in Jos- 

 selyn in 1674 with its present spelling. This is the exact name of the 

 animal in several of the Eastern Algonkian dialects, Passamaquoddy, 

 Massachusetts, Virginian and others. Since the name first appears 

 in a New England book, and is identical with that used by Indians in 

 and contiguous to New England, there is evidently no doubt as to the 

 general origin of the name; even though we do not know exactly from 

 which tribe it was adopted, though the indications strongly favor the 

 Penobscots. It was also called Elk by the English, and Elan by the 

 French, after its European representative. 



Morse. — Early English name for the Walrus, the YacJie Marine of the French. 

 First used in the account of an English voyage to the Magdalens in 

 1591, where it is called also Sea Oxen. Hakluyt, in a note on the 

 animal, says that Morse is a Russian name. 



Mouche. — French word for Fly, applied by Lescarbot to the Fire-flies he 

 saw in Acadia, and of which he gives a description. 



Morue. — See Molue. 



Mouschet. — Used by Champlain (1632) for a bird of prey of America, cer- 

 tainly one of the smaller hawks. 



Moule, or Moulle. — French name for the European Mussels, extended to the 

 American species, especially to the very abundant edible mussel, which 

 is identical with that of Europe. Used by Champlain in 1613, by Les- 

 carbot and by Denys in connections which prove their identity. Muskles 

 were reported from Newfoundland in 1578. 



Mousquittes. — French name for Mosquitoes. Used by Ciiamplain in 1613. 



Moyaque. — Name of a sea-bird first used by Denys, without doubt the 

 American Eider. The word is the Micmac name for this bird, given 

 by Rand as Mooe-ak. Its identity is proved by the fact that the Cana- 

 dian French (fide C. E. Dionnc) and the Acadians (judging from data 

 given by A. C. Smith) use the name for that bird to this day; and 

 Denys' mention of its habits agrees with this. Used also by La Hontan 

 as Moyacks, from whom it is identified erroneously by Bafrd, Brewer 

 and Ridgeway as the Great Auk. 



Mulet, or Mullet. — French name of a European Fish which does not occur in 

 eastern Canada. Used by Cartier in 1535, very probably, as Baxter 

 suggests, for the Suckers, superficially similar fish, which occur in 

 great numbers in Canadian streams. The Hakluyt translation of the 

 voyage of Roberval in 1542 mentions mvllets and surmullets, which 

 Baxter groups together as suckers, correctly I have no doubt. Ac- 

 cording to Montpetit the name is applied in Canada id tlie Chub. But 

 the Mullet of Captain John Smith's General! Historié, under 1614, was 

 a very different fish, that still so called in the United States, but 

 which does not occur in Canada. 



