IX. 



GAME MOOSE CRUSTING MOOSE A CATAMOUNT CHASE 



BETWEEN A DEER AND A PANTHER A BEAR CAUGHT 



IN A TRAP. 



Backwoods, July 14, 1846. 



Dear H : 



Game of all kinds swarm the forest ; bears, wolves, 

 panthers, deer, and moose. I was not aware that so 

 many moose were to be found here : yet I do not 

 believe there is an animal of the African desert with 

 which our people are not more familiar than with it. 

 In size, at least, he is worthy of attention, being 

 much taller than the ox. You will sometimes find an 

 old bull moose eight feet high. The body is about the 

 size of a cow, while the legs are long and slender, giv- 

 ing to the huge bulk the appearance of being mounted 

 on stilts. The horns are broad, flat, and branching, 

 shooting in a horizontal curve from the head. I saw 



