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whereas they are radically distinct.* The former is confined to America, 

 is never seen south of the forty-fourth degree of north latitude, and his 

 range is limited to about ten degrees of latitude, and fewer of longitude : 

 he may probably grow to the height of twenty hands. There is 

 reason to apprehend the total extinction of these animals, as they 

 herd in droves of eighteen or twenty in winter, and return to the 

 same spot at night, and, when the snow is deep and encrusted, suffer 

 themselves to be killed without moving from the place they have 

 trampled. It is now time, therefore, to have an accurate account of 

 this animal, which may still be found in the northern parts of the state ; 

 and the idea was so forcibly impressed upon the mind of a learned 

 emigrant,! that, in an address to an Agricultural Society in Whitestown, 

 in 1795, he propocod promiuma foi ccitaln di««prtations, and among 

 others, " for the best anatomical and historical account of the moose, 

 fifty dollars, or for bringing one in alive, sixty dollars." The moose, as 

 well as the elk, may be reclaimed from its wild state. The latter is not 

 so tall as the former, and, perhaps, never exceeds fifteen hands ; and he 

 generally inhabits milder climates. The reindeer has, also, in former 

 times, in all probability, extended his travels to this state from the regions 

 of the north ; his favourite food, the lichen rangiferinus, is to be found in 

 our mountains. Our tiger, or panther, the felis concolor of Schreber, and 

 the couguar of Buffon, is the same animal called the puma or lion of 

 South America, where he is extremely ferocious ; the mildness of our 

 climate having rendered him a less dangerous animal. The beaver, in his 

 state of habitation, may still be found in the remote parts of the state. 

 The names of many creeks, rivers, and places, denote the former resi- 



* See Note Q. f F. Adrian Vanderkemp. 



