CHAPTER III. 



THE MOOSE PARTS OF CANADA IN WHICH IT IS FOUND — DERIVATION OF 



NAME — COMPARED WITH ELK OF EUROPjEO-ASIATIC CONTINENT ITS 



EARLY DISTRIBUTION — PLEISTOCENE AND PREHISTORIC REMAINS 



GRADUAL DIMINUTION OF THE MOOSE WANTON DESTRUCTION — 



ERRONEOUSLY CONFOUNDED WITH ANCIENT IRISH " ELk" FORM AND 



DIMENSIONS OF THE MOOSE AND GENERAL DESCRIPTION — ITS WINTER 

 COAT — GROWTH OF ANTLERS IN DIFFERENT STAGES — FORMATION 



OF THE MUZZLE ITS FOOD PECULIARITY OF HOOFS " COW "- 



MOOSE — YOUNG MOOSE OR "CALf" MODES OF HUNTING MOOSE — 



" calling" "DRIVING " — GAIT OF MOOSE WHEN PURSUED — HERDING 



OF MOOSE IN CANADA "STILL HUNTING" SUMMER HAUNTS — 



WINTER RESORTS " MOOSE- YARD " WINTER HUNTING — MOOSE FLESH 



PROBABLE LONGEVITY OF THE MOOSE — PREPARATION AND USES OF 



SKINS, HOOFS, AND SINEWS. 



