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called antlers, which they shed once a year, new and 

 larger ones growing to take the places of those which 

 have been shed. 



Fig 5^' 



The Moose is the largest of all the Deer kind. It is 

 as large as a Horse, and has an exceedingly long head, 

 large flattened horns, and very long legs. It travels 

 with an awkward gait, but with great speed, easily mak- 

 ing its wa}' through deep snows, bushes, o\'cr brush- 

 heaps, fallen trees, fences, and A\'hatever obstructions 

 lie in its path. It was quite common in some parts of 



