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MAMMALIA. 



In July of the same year (1856) Ed. Arnold killed a Moose at 

 Nick's Lake ; and in the followinor spring a man named Baker 

 killed another in the same vicinity. 



One evening during the summer of ICS58 a Moose strayed into 

 the Wood's garden at Raquette Lake, but was not shot. 



The Hon. Horatio Seymour, ex-Governor of the State of New 

 York, killed a huge bull Moose in the forest North of Joe's Lake. 

 Its head and horns may now be seen at his farm in Deerfield, N. Y. 



The Governor writes me : " It was a very large animal and was 

 disposed to charge upon our party ; but for our dog it might have 

 made us trouble. The snow was very deep and covered with a 

 crust. The dog could run upon this while the Moose sunk through 

 it. This enabled the dog to worry the animal and turn its atten- 

 tion away from our party." He does not remember the year in 

 which it was killed. 



In July, 1 86 1, the artist Mr. A. F. Tait, and Mr. James B. Blos- 

 som, both of New York, were camped on Constable Point, Raquette 

 Lake. One night about the middle of the month, while floating 

 on Marion River, Mr. Tait wounded a Moose, but did not kill it. 

 On the 25th of the month, about four o'clock in the afternoon, 

 Mr. Blossom shot and killed a dry cow Moose on South Inlet. 



The measurements of this animal, taken by Mr. Blossom at the 

 time and on the spot, are : 



Length, 7 feet, i inch. 



Height (at shoulder), 6 feet, i inch. 



Head, 2 feet, 2 inches. 



Ears, I foot. 



■' Girth, 5 feet, 4 inches. 



Fore leg, . 3 feet, 5 inches. 



Hind leg (hip bone to hoof), 5 feet, 5 inches. 



Early in August of the same year (1861) the hunter William 

 Wood killed a bull calf near the place where Mr. Tait had wounded 



