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town, in New-Jersey, by a brother of the gallant Commodore 

 Decatur, but it has long since been given up, and no other now 

 exists, I believe, regularly hunted in the United States. The 

 Fox is not, therefore, considered in any light but that of ver- 

 min, and is pursued merely for the sake of destroying a noxious 

 animal, generally on foot, with a few heavy southern Hounds, 

 and the gun. 



The animals, therefore, which are pursued in the sports of the 

 •wilderness, are the noblest, the largest, the fleetest, and, in one 

 instance, the fiercest in the known world. 



They are. 



No. 1. The Bison, Bos Americanus, vulgo Buffalo. — Ranging 

 west of the Mississippi and Lake Winipeg, as far north as 62°, 

 and west of the Rocky Mountains, as far north as the Columbia 

 River. 



No. 2. The American Elk, Cervus Canadensis, the Wapiti. 

 — A few are found in the remote parts of Pennsylvania, but 

 with this exception, it ranges only west of the Mississippi, to 

 the 56th or 57th parallel of north latitude. 



No. 3. The Moose, Cervus Alces, Orignal of the Canadians. — 

 Ranging from the great Lakes to the extreme North. They are 

 now rarely found west of Maine, and even there are becoming 

 rare, although a ^ew are still found in the northern part of the 

 State of New-York. 



No. 4. The Reindeer, Cervus Tarandus, the Cariboo. — East- 

 ward of Maine and northward of the great Lakes to the Arctic 

 Ocean. 



No. 5. The Common Deer, Cervus Virginia>nus. — Found 

 every where from Canada and the Bay of Fundy to the Ori- 

 noco. 



No. 6. The Beack-tailed Deer, Cervus Macrotis. — West of 

 the Missouri to the Rocky Mountains. 



No. 7. The Antelope, Antilope Americana, the Prong-Horn. 

 — West of the Mississi'ppi to the Rocky Mountains, and so far 

 north as the Hudson Bay Company's trading fort called " Carl- 

 ton House." 



