THE LAURENTIDES PARK 



feeding only upon his own fresh kill 

 makes poisoning extremely difficult. 

 Already it would seem that there are 

 fewer caribou in and about the " Grand 

 Jardin," but the marked increase in the 

 number of moose may be one cause of 

 this. Moose and caribou do not dwell 

 together in amity, and the latter, the 

 most inveterate wanderers that the 

 earth knows, are possibly seeking other 

 pastures in some remote part of the 

 Park which the moose do not frequent, 

 and where it would be difficult for man 

 to follow them. 



Before the days of the Park the moose 

 were almost exterminated throughout 

 this region, but a few must have escaped 

 slaughter in some inaccessible fastness, 

 and under a careful and intelligent sys- 

 tem of protection they have multiplied 

 exceedingly. At the present time it is 

 not uncommon to encounter three or 

 four cows in the course of a day's walk, 

 and these lumbering creatures scarcely 

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