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seen the young bull moose, one of the two owned by onr late Governor- 

 General, the Marquis of Lome, harnessed to a carriage ; but, although 

 he could be induced to step out into a pretty decent trot by a little- 

 forcible persuasion with the whip, he did not take kinlly to the slavery 

 and sometimes used to lie down with his neck at full sti'etch, to show 

 his repugnance to the idea of being turned into a horse, a transformation 

 Scarcely possible in an animal so much resembling a gigantic ass. The 

 male and female moose to which I have referred, have been taken to 

 the Highlands of Scotland by Lord Lome, biit I am sorry to hear that the 

 bull has died in his new home. No member of the deer family makes finer 

 venison than does the moose. The flesh, notwithstanding its being 

 somewhat coarse in grain, is juicy and tender, and has a rich gamey 

 flavour ; and the fat, which is abundant when tlie animal is in good 

 condition, is beautifully clear and white. A delicacy, which only the 

 moose hunter can enjoy, is the marrow from the shank bones cooked 

 immediately after the animal has been killed. I shall finish my 

 description of the moose with the following quotation from Parker 

 Gilmore : — 



" The Virginian deer, the fallow deer, the wapiti, and the I'sd deer, 

 are to me perfect in shape, graceful in their movements and ornamental 

 to the landscape ; but the moose, on the other hand, with his short, thick 

 neck, asinine head, protruding eyes, heavy, broad ears, tremendous 

 antlers, long, awkwai-d, powerful legs and disproportionate withers, 

 looking even higher than they are, from the mane that surmounts them, 

 can never be considered by an impartial judge but an awkward and 

 clumsy brute. Of all the ruminants of the American continent, the 

 moose is the tallest. I doubt not that a stall-fed ox can be made to 

 weigh as heavy, but not to attain the stature ; and on this continent, as 

 well as others, it is really a duty that the legislatures of the various 

 states and pi'ovinces owe to the country at large to pass and enforce 

 such laws as will prevent his annihilation." 



In any section of the country in which the Virginian deer abound, 

 moose are seldom present. It is said, and I believe truly, that the 

 moose, large and powerful as he is, is unable to withstand the lithe and 

 vigourous attack of the active and sharp horned buck of the smaller 

 species. In the fall of the year, under the natural impulses incidental to 



