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THE CANADIAN NATURALIST. 
sant roar^ if a man^ either with his foot or his hand^ breaks the 
smallest dry limb in the forest^ the moose will hear it : and 
although he does not always run^ he ceases eating, and rouses 
his attention to all sounds. If in the course of an hour, or 
thereabouts, the man neither moves nor makes the least 
noise, the animal may begin to feed again, but does not forget 
what he has heard, and is for many hours more vigilant than 
before." I know not whether the moose has ever been tamed, 
but I think it not improbable, that it could be trained to 
harness, as well as its congeners the reindeer and the wapiti : ^ 
and it would, from its size and strength, be more serviceable 
than either of them. But in a new country, like this, where 
alone the opportunity for such an experiment is to be found, 
the inhabitants generally have little time, and less inclina- 
tion, for innovations. 
