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American Moose, to be the same animal: but 
he thinks Josselyn's account of the size of the 
latter, greatly exaggerated ; and, that Charle- 
voix, Dierville, and Lescarbot, with greater ap- 
pearance of probability, make it the size of a 
Horse, or Auvergne Mule. *' The only thing 
certain is," says Pennant, *« that the Elk is 
common to both continents ; and, that the 
American, having larger forests to range in, 
and more luxuriant food, grows to a larger 
size than the European." But, perhaps, in the 
early ages, when Europe was also covered with 
forests, the Elk might be even larger than the 
Moose-Deer is at present found in America ; 
agreeably to the general observation of Baf- 
fon, that all the quadrupeds of the New 
World are smaller than those of the Old* 
The Elk has a majestic appearance; though 
less tlegantly shaped than the Deer kind in 
general. It is full as large as a Horse: and 
the colour, though varying, is commonly of a 
dark greyish brown; much paler, and some» 
times inclining to whiteness, on the belly, legs, 
and beneath the tall, • It has a large head, with 
broad and palmated horns 5 a large and heavy up- 
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