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proceedings by day, is a fact for ^vhich 1 

 am by no means able to account. 



I have somewhat to inform you of con- 

 cerning the moose-deer; but in general fo- 

 reign animals fall seldom in my way ; my 

 little intelligence is confined to the narrow 

 sphere of my own (observations at home. 



LETTER XXVIII. 



TO THE SAME. 



DEAR SIR; Selborxe, March 1770. 



X Michael mas- (I ay 1 7G8 I managed to get 

 a sight of the female moose belonging to 

 the duke of Richmond, at Goodwood ; but 

 was greatly disappointed, when I arrived 

 at the spot, to find that it died, after having 

 appeared in a languishing way for some 

 time, on the morning before. However, 

 understanding that it was not stripped, I 

 proceeded to examine this rare quadruped ; 



1 found it in an old greenhouse, slung under 



