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In a correspondence which I have lately had on this sub- 

 ject with Captain C. Hardy (of Nova Scotia), so well known 

 to all the readers of ' ' The Field/' he tells me that in the 

 last molar of the upper jaw of all the moose which he has 

 examined, a small tubercle is affixed to the inner side, which 

 is not to be found in the cariboo or other deer. It may be 

 peculiar to the American moose. I have not the skull of an 

 elk by me to see if this is the case with our elk, but I will 

 certainly try and procure one next autumn. I fancy, how- 

 ever, from what Nilsson says, that it is so. Will, however, so 

 trifling a mark of difference as this, even if it does exist, 

 serve alone, to form a good specific distinction ? I agree, 

 with Captain Hardy, that if we can prove that the fore- 

 head of our elk is invariably broader than the American 

 moose, as he says, the two differences put together might 

 be something. 



The Wild Reindeer. Of the chase of the wild reindeer I 

 know nothing from personal experience. They are, how- 

 ever, to be met with on many places on the Norwegian 

 fells, and doubtless a good deer-stalker might have some 

 capital sport. But a man who wishes to follow it must 

 be accompanied by a professional hunter, who knows the 

 haunts of the deer in his neighbourhood. It is needless to 

 say that it is only on the fell ranges they are to be found, 

 and about July the best place to look for them is in 

 the meadows which lie between the fells themselves. It 

 appears that the fell range between Bergen and Christiania 

 is the best tract for wild reindeer in Europe. 



I have no advice to offer on this sport further than to 

 say, that the man who would make up his mind to rough it 

 might find some sport among the wild reindeer on this 

 Scandinavian fell range ; and, as there are regular 

 hunters here who live by it, he would soon, with a good 

 guide, be able to get among these men, who would doubt- 

 less, for a consideration, help him. But I think he would 

 have to go through a good deal of trouble and hard- 

 ship before he killed his first reindeer, and the sport 

 he would most likely meet with, would hardly com- 



