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proceedings by day, is a fact for which 1 

 am by no means able to account. 



I have somewhat to inform you of con- 

 cerning the moose-deer ; but in general fo- 

 reign animals fall seldom in my way ; my 

 little intelligence is confined to the narrow 

 sphere of my own observations at home. 



LETTER XXVHL 



TO THE SAME. 



DEAR SIR; Selbohne, March 1770. 



On Michaelmas- dai/ 17 68 I managed to get 

 a sight of the female moose belonging to 

 the duke of Richmond, at Goodwood ; but 

 was greatly disappointed, when I arrived 

 at the spot, to find that it died, after having 

 appeared in a languishing way for some 

 time, on the morning before. However, 

 understanding that it was not stripped, I 

 proceeded to examine this rare quadruped ; 

 I found it in an old greenhouse, slung under 



