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The Moofe being very tall, and having fbort Necks, 
do not graze on the Ground, as the common Deer, Neat 
Cattel, &c. do, and if at any time they eat Grafs, 
’ris the top of that which grows very high, or on 
Iteep riling Ground. In the Summer they feed upon 
Plants, Herbs, and young Shrubs, that grow upon the 
Land, but moftly, and with greatefl delight on Wa- 
ter-Plants, efpecially a fort of wild Colts-foot and 
Lilly, that abound in our Ponds, and by the Tides 
of the Rivers, and for which the Moofe will wade 
far and deep, and by the noife they make in the 
Water, our Hunters often difcover them. In the 
Winter they live upon Browfe, or the tops of Bullies 
and young Trees, and being very tall and ftrong, 
they will bend down a Tree as big as a Man’s Leg, 
and where the Browfe fails them, they will eat off 
the Bark of fome forts of Trees, as high as they can 
reach. They generally feed in the Night, and lie 
ftill in the Day. 
The Skin of the Moofe, when well drefs’d, makes 
excellent Buff} the Indians make their Snow-lhoes 
of them : Their way of dreffing it, which is recko- 
ned very good, is thus : After they have hair’d and 
grain’d the Hide, they make a Lather of the Moofe’s 
Brains in warm Water, and after they have foaked 
the Hide for fome time, they ftretch and fupple it. 
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