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ny things differs, but in all very fuperiour. The 
Moofe is unade much like a Deer, parts the Hoof, 
chews the Cudd, has no Gall, his Pars large 
and erect. Ihe Hair of the black Moofe is a 
dark Grey, and upon the Ridge of his Back to ten 
and twelve Inches long, of which the Indians make 
good Belts. He has a very Ibort Bob for a Tail. Mr. 
Neal, in his late Hiftory cf this Country, fpeaking 
of the Moofe, fays they have a long Tail y but that 
Gentleman was impofed on, as to other things be- 
iides the Moofe. 
Our Hunters have found a Buck, or Stagg-Moofe, of 
fourteen Spans in heighth from the Withers, reck- 
oning nine Inches to a Span • a quarter of his Veni- 
fon weighed more than two hundred pounds. A few 
Years fince, a Gentleman furprized one of thefe 
black Moofe, in his Grounds within two miles of 
BoJIon j it proved a Doe or Hind of the fourth Year : 
After (he was dead, they meafured her upon the 
Ground, from the Nofe to the Tailj between ten and 
eleven Feet, file wanted an Inch of feven Foot in 
height. 
The Horns of the Moofe, when full grown, are 
between four and five Foot from the Head to the Tip, 
and have feven Shoots or Br anches to each Horn, 
and generally fpread about f fix Foot. When the 
Horns come out of the Head, hey are round, like the 
Horns of an Ox ^ about a Foot from the Head, they 
begin to grow a palm broad, and further up ftill 
wider, of which the Indians make good Ladles, that 
will hold a Pint. When a Moofe goes through a 
Thicket, or under the Boughs of Trees, he lays his 
Horns back on his Neck, not only that he may make 
his way the eafier, but to cover his Body from the 
Bruife 
