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and the colour is lighter in hue, a sort of greyish brown tinge prevailing 

 on the sides, with the belly of a somewhat lighter colour. A tuft of hair 

 nearly one foot long hangs under the jaws of the young moose. " Moose " 

 is an Indian name derived from the Algonquin word moussee, the eater. 

 T quote the following description from Billings in the "Canadian 

 Naturalist and Geologist " : — 



" The gigantic horns of the moose are well known in almost 

 every town in Europe and America where there is a museum. It is 

 difficult to believe that these euormons solid appendages are the growth of 

 a single season, and yet the fact is too well established to admit 

 of a doubt. Only the males are provided with them, and no 

 matter how large they may be, they grow to their full size in twelve or 

 fourteen weeks. On the young moose one year old they are merely 

 short knobs ; they increase in size after each annual shedding, and aftev 

 the fourth year become palmated, and may be termed full grown about 

 the fifth year. The palms are, in the widest part, on a moderate sized 

 male, about eleven inches wide, the space between the roots, six or 

 seven inches. A very large pair measures over five feet between the 

 tips, and will weigh GO or 70 pounds. They begin to sprout in April 

 and fall off" in February. It is said that their growth is complete in 

 August, when tlie velvet peels ofi", and they are then white, but after- 

 wards become brown or yellow. From one to three points, or short 

 pi"ongs, are added to the palms each year, so that the age of the animal 

 is not indicated by the number of these prongs as is generally supposed. 

 In fighting with each other, they use both horns and feet ; but in con- 

 tending with dogs, only the latter, with which they strike tremendous 

 blows. Their pace is a long swinging trot, which they can keep up for 

 several houi'S in succession." A wounded moose is a very dangerous 

 antagonist to approach unprepared. By an eye witness I was told of 

 a case in point. A shantyman, on the Black River, at some place above 

 Pembi'oke, ran out in sight of a number of his comrades close to the 

 shanty, with a single barrelled muzzle-loader, and fired at and severely 

 wounded a large bull moose. Seeing the animal wounded, he ran up to 

 him with an empty gun, when the moose rushed at him, knocked him 

 down with a blow from one of liis front feet, and before his friends could 

 effectually interfere, the furious animal trampled and pounded the 



