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With Rod mid Gun in New England 



" Yes," replied the Doctor, " I have killed two or three, and, while I 

 do not regret having done so, I shall probably never follow another. I 

 have had my share. I have, however, studied the animals' habits some- 

 what, and am interested in every new fact that comes to light regarding 

 them." 



" I have never even hunted the moose," said the Judge, " and know 

 but little regarding its habits ; if you are not too tired, Doctor, I should 

 like to have you give us a little account of the animal." 





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Photo, by Capt. Joseph B. Taylor. 



A Monarch of the Forest. 

 "Really," replied the Doctor, " I don't know that I can tell you much 

 that is new. It is the largest of American deer, and although widely dis- 

 tributed is confined, I believe, in its habitat to what may be called a com- 

 paratively northern range. It is found on the western coast from the 

 shores of the Arctic ocean to the neighborhood of the Columbia river. 

 Farther east its northern limit appears to be about 65 degrees, and thence 

 throughout Canada and the northern districts of New England and in the 

 maritime provinces it is more or less abundant according to locality, and 

 its southern limit seems to be reached in the northern counties of New 

 York, a very few probably being left in the most inaccessible portions of 

 that section, and in Michigan and Wisconsin. 



