58 THE CANADIAN NATUEALIST. 



sant roar, if a man, either with his foot or his hand, breaks the 

 smallest dry limb in the forest, the moose will hear it : and 

 although he does not always run, he ceases eating, and rouses 

 his attention to all sounds. If in the course of an hour, or 

 thereabouts, the man neither moves nor makes the least 

 noise, the animal may begin to feed again, but does not forget 

 what he has heard, and is for many hours more vigilant than 

 before." I know not whether the moose has ever been tamed, 

 but I think it not improbable, that it could be trained to 

 harness, as well as its congeners the reindeer and the wapiti : 

 and it would, from its size and strength, be more serviceable 

 than either of them. But in a new country, like this, where 

 alone the opportunity for such an experiment is to be found, 

 the inhabitants generally have little time, and less inclina- 

 tion, for innovations. 



