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town, in New-Jersey, by a brother of the gallant Commodore 
Decatur, but it has long since been given up, and no other now 
exists, I believe, regularly hunted in the United States. The 
Fox is not, therefore, considered in any light but that of ver¬ 
min, and is pursued merely for the sake of destroying a noxious 
animal, generally on foot, with a few heavy southern Hounds, 
and the gun. 
The animals, therefore, which are pursued in the sports of the 
wilderness, are the noblest, the largest, the fleetest, and, in one 
instance, the fiercest in the known world. 
They are, 
No. 1. The Bison, Bos Americanus , vulgo Buffalo. —Ranging 
west of the Mississippi and Lake Winipeg, as far north as 62°, 
and west of the Rocky Mountains, as far north as the Columbia 
River. 
No. 2. The American Elk, Cervus Canadensis , the Wapiti. 
—A few are found in the remote parts of Pennsylvania, but 
with this exception, it ranges only west of the Mississippi, to 
the 56th or 57th parallel of north latitude. 
No. 3. The Moose, Cervus Alces, Orignal of the Canadians .— 
Ranging from the great Lakes to the extreme North. They are 
now rarely found west of Maine, and even there are becoming 
rare, although a few are still found in the northern part of the 
State of New-York. 
No. 4. The Reindeer, Cervus Tarandus , the Cariboo. —East¬ 
ward of Maine and northward of the great Lakes to the Arctic 
Ocean. 
No. 5. The Common Deer, Cervus Virginianus. —Found 
every where from Canada and the Bay of Fundy to the Ori¬ 
noco. 
No. 6. The Black-tailed Deer, Cervus Macrotis. —West of 
the Missouri to the Rocky Mountains. 
No. 7. The Antelope, Antilope Americana , the Prong-Horn. 
—West of the Mississippi to the Rocky Mountains, and so far 
north as the Hudson Bay Company’s trading fort called “ Carl¬ 
ton House.” 
