264 SPORTING ADVENTURES IN THE FAR WEST. 



MOOSE-HUNTING. 



Montana, Manitoba, British Columbia, and Alaska. They 

 are very common on the Yukon River in the latter Terri- 

 tory, and are useful to the Indians, as their bones supply 

 them with arrows, needles, spear-points, and knives; their 

 skins are used for clothing and for making wigwams ; and 

 the flesh is eaten fresh, or made into pemmican. 



The Western species is larger than the Eastern, I fancy; 

 at least I have seen some there that in height, and in the 

 width, length, and massiveness of their antlers, excelled any 

 of their kindred I saw in the forests of Maine or Canada. 

 One of the largest pair probably ever brought to London 



