THE MOOSE DEER. 
erwus Alees. 
Tus gigantic deer, the largest of all the deer tribe, and 
which is distinguished from all others not only by the 
magnificence of its dimensions, but by the fact that it is 
the only one of the genus which is uncouth in its form, 
ungraceful in its attitudes, and awkward and ungainly 
in its action and. gait, is identical in every respect with 
the Elk of Europe, no distinction being discernible on 
the closest examination. It must, however, on no ac- 
count be confounded with the great Wapiti Deer, or 
American Elk, Cervus Canandensis, as it is in every 
respect different and distinct. The Moose-deer, which 
derives its name in the vernacular from its appellation 
in the Algonquin tongue, mzsz, is entirely a Northern, 
and more especially a North-Eastern animal, being most 
abundant in the British Provinces of Nova Scotia and 
New Brunswick, in Maine, the northern part of New 
Hampshire, and the Adirondack Highlands of the state 
of New York, beyond which to the westward it is never 
found south of the St. Lawrence, nor I think is there any 
reason to believe that its range has ever extended far to 
