ANIMALS. 



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turn on the assailant, and attack him with their 

 horns, or traniple him to death beneath their great 

 hoofs. 



Their flesh is extremely sweet and nourishing. 

 The tongues are excellent, but the nose is perfect 

 marrow, and esteemed the greatest delicacy in all 

 Canada. 



The skin makes excellent buff ; is strong, soft, and 

 light. 



The hair on the neck, withers, and hams, of a full 

 grown moose is of much use in making mattrasses 

 and saddles ; being, by its great length, well adapt- 

 ed for those purposes. 



The palmated parts of the horns are farther exca- 

 vated by the savages, and converted into ladles which 

 will hold a pint. 



Bear. Of this animal two sorts are found in the 

 northern States ; both are black, but different in their 

 forms and habits. One has shore legs, a thick clumsy 

 body, is generally fat, and is very fond of sweet ve- 

 getable food, such as sweet apples, Indian corn in the 

 milk, berries, grapes, honey, &c. Probably he is 

 not carnivorous. As^ soon as the first snow falls he 

 betakes himself to his den, which is a hole in a cieft 

 of rocks, a hollow tree, or some such place ; here he 

 gradually becomes torpid, and dozes away the Win- 

 ter, sucking his paws, and expending the stock of fat 

 li,e had previously acquired. 



The other sort is distinguished by the name of the 

 ranging bear, and seems to be a grade between the 

 preceding and the wolf. His legs are longer, and 

 his body more lean and gaunt. He is carnivorous, 

 frequently destroying calves, sheep, and pigs, and 



