436 MOOSE HUNT. 



Moose. The Karaboo has a very broad flat foot, and can spread it on 

 the snow to the fetlock, so as to be able to run on a crust scarcely hard 

 enough to bear a dog. When the snow is soft, they keep in immense 

 droves around the margin of the large lakes, to which they betake them- 

 selves when pursued, the crust being much harder there than elsewhere. 

 When it becomes more firm, they strike into the woods. As they possess 

 such facility of running on snow, they do not require to make any yards, 

 and consequently have no fixed place in the winter. The speed of this 

 animal is not well known, but I am inclined to believe it much greater 

 than that of the fleetest horse. 



In our camp we saw great numbers of Crossbills, Grosbeaks, and 

 various other small birds. Of the first of these were two species, which 

 were very tame, and alighted on our hut with the greatest familiarity. 

 We caught five or six at once under a snow-shoe. The Pine-Martin and 

 Wild Cat were also very abundant. 



