AMERICAN RANGE OF THE MOOSE 35 



range. Thus they were reported in the early 

 Colonial days in the Catskills of New York, in 

 the Berkshire Hills of Massachusetts, and in the 

 northeastern portion of the same State. Judge 

 Dudley stated in 1721 that a cow moose was killed 

 *'a few years since" within two miles of Boston.-* 

 But these must all be considered as merely visitors, 

 and not settled residents. Since the advent of 

 white men the moose's recognized range has 

 never reached so far south on the eastern side 

 of the continent as the northern boundary of 

 Massachusetts. 



Hon. William C. Whitney secured three pairs of 

 moose for his October Mountain preserve in Lee, 

 Berkshire County, Mass., about 1900. One pair 

 was taken to a sportsmen's show in New York: 

 of these one died and the survivor was returned to 

 his former home in Manitoba. The moose re- 

 maining in the preserve bred well, the increase 

 aggregating about twenty head. The enclosure 

 of 1200 acres is surrounded by nearly ten miles of 

 wire fence. Four or five years ago the fence was 

 maliciously cut and seven or eight moose escaped. 

 Three of these are known to have been killed 

 illegally. A dozen moose from this source are 

 believed to be at large now in the Berkshire Hills. 



^ See p. 24. 



