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cessary, in that I differ somewhat from Mr. DeKay, althougii 

 he is the best authority I can find on the subject, both as regards 

 the size and habits of the animal — I shall proceed at once to the 

 subject of Moose and Cariboo hunting, which I shall include 

 under one common head, inasmuch as they dwell for the most 

 part in the same localities, are hunted with the same apparatus, 

 the rifle, namely, and the snow-shoes, without the aid of horse or 

 hound, and, with some small exceptions, in the same manner. 



I will only add here, that I have no hesitation in affirming 

 Mr. DeKay's correctness in including the Cariboo among the 

 animals of New-York, since it undoubtedly exists in the district 

 I have named above, of which Hamii,ton County occupies a 

 large portion. Westward of this the Cariboo will not be found, 

 I imagine, to the south of the Ottawa River and Lake Nipissing, 

 or the 46th degree of north latitude, at the very highest. 



