46 THE AMERICAN MOOSE 



wantonly by lawless Indians. (Sea Appendix, 

 pages 362, 364.) 



Maine. — There was no open season for hunt- 

 ing moose in Maine for four years, 1915-1918. 

 This closed season produced the desired effect, 

 and in his report for 1918 the Commissioner of 

 Inland Fisheries and Game stated: 'That the 

 moose are on the increase in the great game coun- 

 ties there can be no question, some localities 

 claiming as many as ever before." The Legis- 

 lature early in 1919 provided for an open season 

 for moose covering the last ten days of November. 

 The number of non-resident deer-hunting licenses 

 issued in Maine in 1919 was 2755, and of moose- 

 hunting licenses 104, but the total amount of game 

 killed is not reported. The railroads of the State 

 shipped 37 moose, and agents of one of them — 

 the Maine Central — reported 57 moose killed but 

 not shipped by common carrier. 



Manitoba. — For several years past the war and 

 other causes have greatly reduced the number of 

 hunters, resident and non-resident, the number of 

 hunting licenses issued in 1917 being less than 

 half the number issued in 1914. Seventeen big- 



