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measure of error in making allowance for the en- 

 trails, blood, etc. Probably the average mature 

 bull moose of New Brunswick or Maine weighs, 

 when alive, less than one thousand pounds. One 

 weighing twelve hundred pounds or more would 

 be an exceptional specimen. 



The largest Alaskan moose whose measure- 

 ments are recorded by Hornaday was killed, and 

 measured, by Dall DeWeese on the Kenai Penin- 

 sula. It was a bull, and the height at the shoul- 

 ders was 80^ inches, the girth 91% inches, and 

 the length of head and body 119^ inches.'^ 



In appearance the moose lacks the regal dignity 

 of the American elk. He lacks also the show of 

 spirit of the whitetail, which manifests itself 

 in picturesque poses and graceful movements. 

 But the intelligence of the moose is far superior 

 to either. With large head, broad muzzle, pre- 

 hensile lip, long ears, short and heavy neck, long 

 legs, short body, high at the shoulders and low in 

 the quarters — surely the moose can lay little claim 

 to beauty. 



''American Natural History (N. Y., 1914), vol. ii., p. 120. Mr. 



Hornaday mentions a moose killed in New Brunswick in 1901 which 

 measured 84 inches in height, but the gentleman who killed this 

 moose informs me that, being inexperienced at the time, he meas- 

 ured along a curved line; accordingly, the measurement is to be dis- 

 regarded. 



