. . T ? 85 3 
in his Hiftory of New England, Vol. II. p. 573. hath 
of this Animal, called by him the Mofe , is copied 
from the aforefaid JoJfelyn . The beft and fulleft Ac- 
count of this Animal was lent by the Honourable Raul 
Dudley, Efq; Fellow of the Royal Society : This is 
publifhed in the Rhilofophical TranfaBions of the 
Royal Society , 368. p. i6y. where he makes 
them to be of two Sorts, viz. The common light- 
grey Moofe, called by the Indians, IVampoofe ; and 
the large or black Moofe, which is the Bead: whofe 
Horns 1 herewith prefent *. As to the grey Moofe, 
I take it to be no other than what Mr. John Clayton , 
in his Account of the Virginian fhiadrupedes, pub- 
lifhed in the aforefaid TranfaBions, N° 210. p. 122. 
calls the Elke-*, which Beaft by the Rarifians, in their 
Memoirs for a Natural Hiftory of Animals, Eng- 
lifhed by Mr. R it field, Page 167. is ^called by the 
Name of the Stag of Canada, of which I have feen 
a ftngle Horn, fent by Mr. Mark Cates by from Vir- 
ginia, by the Name of an Elks-horn, and was in all 
refpefts like thofe of our red "Deer or Stags, only 
larger, weighing about 12 Pounds Haverdupoiz , 
and from the Burr to the Tip, meafured by a String, 
about fix Foot high. Mr. "Dudley writes, that his grey 
The Dimenfions of thefe Horns, fee Fig. 2. arenas follow. 
Inches 
D d a 
Inches. 
A 
B 
56 
a b 
11 
C 
A 
34 
a cb 
20 
C 
E 
3 1 
a d 
12 £ 
c 
D 
34 
d f 
12 i 
D 
H 
30 
d e 
11 
F 
G 
9 i 
g h 
2 § 
F 
I 
14 
K 
L 
7 
Moofe 
