and, likewise, eats the tender twigs of trees. 
Next to fish, it is the principal food of the 
.'Canadians." — 2. " We find, in New England^ 
great numbers of Orignals, or Elks. The Island 
of Cape Breton was famed for the chase of the 
iOrignals, which were there very nuraeronSy 
but have since been extirpated by the Savages. 
The Orignal of New France, is as strong as 
a Mule. It's head is nearly of the same shape. 
It's neck is longer, and it's whole body more 
meagre. It^s limbs are long, and nervous. 
It's foot is cioveii, and it's tail very short. 
Some of these animals are grey ; otliers, red- 
dish, or biack: and, when old, their hair is 
hollow, as long as a man's finger, and makes 
excellent raattrases, and ornaments for sad- 
dles. The Elk has large, flat, palmated horns : 
some of them are a fathom long^ and weigh 
from a hundred to a hundred and fifty pounds. 
They shed, like those of the Stag. The Orig- 
nal is a species of the Elks, very little different 
from those which we see in- Muscovy. It is as 
large as a Mule: and of a similar figure; ex- 
cept in the muzzle, the tail, j^nd the large fiat 
horns— which, if we may credit the Savages, 
someumes weigh three hundred^ and even four 
hundred? pounds !" 
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