. The animals of North America [microform]. Zoology; Mammals; Zoologie; Mammifères. 8S ANIMALS OP NORTH v-j- for " c{\m}»ing " out at night, set out in search of their game. Having found their animal, they wait till daybreak, when the dogs are laid on, and the hunters wearing large snow shoes follow as closely as i)ossil)lc. The deer does not run far,'be- fore the crust on the snow through which he breaks at every step, cuts his legs so severely that the poor animal stands at bay, and endeavors to defeinl himself by striking with his fore feet, but the arrival of the hunter
. The animals of North America [microform]. Zoology; Mammals; Zoologie; Mammifères. 8S ANIMALS OP NORTH v-j- for " c{\m}»ing " out at night, set out in search of their game. Having found their animal, they wait till daybreak, when the dogs are laid on, and the hunters wearing large snow shoes follow as closely as i)ossil)lc. The deer does not run far,'be- fore the crust on the snow through which he breaks at every step, cuts his legs so severely that the poor animal stands at bay, and endeavors to defeinl himself by striking with his fore feet, but the arrival of the hunter soon ends his career. The skin of the Moose is of irreat value to tlio Indian, as it is used for tent covers, clothirig, kc. It is feared from the rapid destruction of tliese animals, and the way in which they have diminished of late years, that the species will eventually become extinct. " In the winter of 1842, t'venty three officers," as we are informed by Porter, " of the Grenadier and Coldstream Guards, then in garrison at (>ucbec and Montreal, killed durin,'; a short hunting tour, ninety-three Moose. None of the jiarties wre al)sent more than fourteen ; But a more remarkable fact, as related by " Frank Forrester," was " the killing of three moose with a common fowling piece, by an officer not reputed to be very crack as a shot, on the Mountain, within a few miles of Montreal, during a morning's walk from that populous ; He also cites another instance of a friend killing seven of these glorious animals on the River St. Maurice, in the rear of the pretty village of Three Rivers, all of which he run into upon snow shoes, after a chase of about three days. The llEiwi)iii!:u,orCAUiiioo(C'tTyWo^ taranduaov Tarandm ran 11 Ifer). Jh'Scr'ption.—Body robust, and low on the legs; snout t)>in, with obr(([ae nostrils ; ears large ; horns usually slender, the main stem directed backwards, terminating in a broad palmated expan
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