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mense forests which stretch along the banks of the 

 Obi and of the Lena. 



" A recent traveller has noted its existence in Amoor- 

 land, especially throughout the country bordering the 

 lower portions of the Amoor River. 



"In America its range is scarcely less extensive; 

 plentiful along the course of the Mackenzie River, 

 as far north as latitude 69, it is found in great 

 numbers in the forests of the Peace and neighbouring 

 rivers. It is probable that to-day as many moose are 

 found in the districts watered by the Peace as at any 

 previous period since we have become acquainted with 

 that region. It is a singular circumstance that the 

 moose is not found in Newfoundland, although the 

 cariboo, whose range is more or less conterminous with 

 that of the former animal, is there abundant. This is 

 the more unaccountable, as vast stretches of pine forest, 

 in which the swamp-maple, birch, and willow are 

 plentiful, cover large portions of the country, and seem 

 to offer a home to the moose peculiarly suited to his 

 wants. 



" To the north of the St. Lawrence the moose ranges 

 as far to the east as the Saguenay River; although 

 here, as elsewhere, his limits have contracted. For- 

 merly he was found as far as the Godbout River, but 

 he has now deserted that locality. 



"In considering the habitat of the moose, whether 

 in Europe, Asia, or America, we find the recurrence of 

 the same features lonely pine forests intersected by 



