APPENDIX 



371 



J. R. Whitaker, an Englishman living at Curling, in western 

 Newfoundland, writing under date of September 24, 1919, 

 said : "A few days ago I saw two good bulls feeding in a 

 pond. They allowed me to get within forty feet, and even 

 then, although I shouted and threw some gravel, they, far 

 from being inclined to retire, as I expected them to do, showed 

 a warlike front, and as the water was very shallow I beat 

 a retreat in my canoe. They had each thirteen points. Two 

 da,^s later I saw another bull with a very good head. . . . Five 

 or «ix moose have yarded near my place for the winter on 

 three occasions." Mr. Whitaker expresses apprehension that 

 the Newfoundland moose stock may deteriorate by reason of 

 inbreeding, unless new blood is introduced from the mainland. 



F. 



THE OLYMPIC NATIONAL FOREST 



The only attempt yet made in the United States to restock 

 any portion of the moose's ancient range was in the Adirorn 

 dacks in 1902, and this modest effort was wholly unsuccessful. 

 (See page 34.) A plan is now under consideration, however, 

 to secure moose from the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska, and 

 release them in the Olympic National Forest in northwestern 

 Washington. This is a heavily timbered and mountainous 

 region of about 2500 square miles, the culminating feature 

 of which is Mount Olympus, 8150 feet in height. 



The Olympic Peninsula is almost uninhabited, having few 

 trails and fewer roads, and it is not adapted for agriculture. 

 All the conditions seem favorable for moose. Wapiti, to the 

 number of more than 3000, are found on the peninsula, ac- 

 cording to the United States Forester, but moose and wapiti 

 have complete protection in the State until 1925. United 

 States Forest Service officials and the Bureau of Biological 

 Survey at Washington have interested themselves in this un- 

 dertaking. They planned to secure moose for this purpose in 

 the winter of 1919-20, but conditions in the Kenai country 



