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Bruife, or Scratch of the Wood. Thefe mighty Hortts 
are Hied every Year. The Doe-Moofe has none of 
rhefe Horns. ' 
A Moofe does not fpring, or rife in going,’ as an' or- 
dinary Deer, but fhoves along fide- ways, throwing out 
the Feet, much like a Horfe in a racking pace. One of 
thefe large black Moofe, in his common Walk, has been 
feen to ffep over a Gate, or Fence, 5 Foot high. After 
you unharbour a Moofe, he will run a Courfe of zo 9 
or 30 miles, before he turns about, or comesto a- Bay ^ 
when they are chafed, they generally take to. the Y\ a- 
ter j the common Deer, for a. fhort (pace, arefwifier. 
than a Moofe, but then a Moofe foon outwinds a Deer. 
The Meat of a Moofe is excellent Food; and’tho’it 
oe not fo delicate as the common Venifon, yet it is 
more fubftantial, and will bear falting : The Nofe 
is look’d upon as a great Dainty j I have eat feveral 
of them my felf^ they are perfect Marrow. The In- 
dians have told me, that they can travel three times as, 
far after a Meal of Moofe, as after any other Fie fft\ 
of the Forefl. 
The Black’ Moofe are not very gregarious, being 
rarely found above four or five together y the. young' 
ones keep with the Dam a fu If Year, 
A' Moofe calves every Year, and , generally brings 
two. The Moofe bring forth their young, ones {lan- 
ding, and the young fall- from the Dam upon their 
Feet. The time of their bringing forth is generally 
in the Month of Afrit? See Job Gap.- 3 9.; V.1,2, 3. 
Canfl thou mark when the hinds do calve , or knowefl - 7 
thou thfiythne when they bring forth ? They bow them- 
felves, they bring forth their young ones , they caftl 
forth their forrows n , 
The. 
