Distribution of the Moose 



country of Assiniboia, Saskatchewan, and Alberta ; 

 but east in Keewatin, and to the north in Atha- 

 baska, northern British Columbia, and northwest 

 into Alaska we have an unbroken range, in which 

 moose are scattered everywhere. They are in- 

 creasing wherever their ancient foe, the Indian, is 

 dying off, and where white hunters do not pursue 

 too persistently. In this entire region, from the 

 Ottawa in the east to the Kenai Peninsula in the 

 far west, moose are retiring toward the north be- 

 fore the advance of civilization, and are every- 

 where occupying new country. 



Wary and keen, and with great muscular 

 strength and hardihood, the moose is pitting his 

 acute senses against the encroaching rifleman in 

 the struggle for survival, and it is fair to believe 

 that this superb member of the deer family will 

 continue to be an inhabitant of the forest long after 

 most other members of the group have disappeared. 



The moose of Maine and the Maritime Prov- 

 inces occupy a relatively small area, surrounded on 

 all sides by settlements, which prevent the animals 

 from leaving the country when civilization en- 

 croaches. In this district their habits have been 

 greatly modified. They do not show the same fear 

 of the sound of rifle, of the smell of fire, or even of 

 the scent of human footsteps, as in the wilder por- 



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