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PREFACE 



trophies are described and illustrated, and in 

 other ways effort is made to review all topics 

 which concern the moose and his future. 



The author is under obligation to many sports- 

 men and zoologists for their interest in the work, 

 and for the assistance, in many cases unsolicited, 

 which they have given by means of suggestions 

 and data kindly furnished. The game officials of 

 the States and Canadian Provinces which are in- 

 cluded within the moose's range have, without 

 exception, been prompt to contribute informa- 

 tion. Especially is the author, and the reader in 

 an equal degree, under obligation to Professor 

 William F. Ganong of Northampton, to Hon. 

 George Shiras, 3d, of Washington, to the late 

 Dr. Charles Gordon Hewitt of Ottawa, to Mr. 

 George L. Harrison, Jr., of Philadelphia, and to 

 Henry J. Elwes, F.R.S., the English zoologist, 

 for valuable facts and opinions on a number of 

 pertinent topics. 



Cambridge, Mass. 

 June I, 1920. 



