. The American educator; completely remodelled and rewritten from original text of the New practical reference library, with new plans and additional material. he banishing of manythousands, and Philip III completed the workin 1610 by finally expelling the last of these,the most ingenious and industrious of his sub-jects. The expulsion of the Moors was oneof the chief causes of the decadence of Spain;for both agriculture and industries fell intodecay after their departure. The expelledMoors founded cities in Africa, and these de-veloped into the Barbary states. MOOSE, the largest member of the
. The American educator; completely remodelled and rewritten from original text of the New practical reference library, with new plans and additional material. he banishing of manythousands, and Philip III completed the workin 1610 by finally expelling the last of these,the most ingenious and industrious of his sub-jects. The expulsion of the Moors was oneof the chief causes of the decadence of Spain;for both agriculture and industries fell intodecay after their departure. The expelledMoors founded cities in Africa, and these de-veloped into the Barbary states. MOOSE, the largest member of the deerfamily, an animal of majestic full-grown moose stands six or seven feethigh at the shoulders, and sometimes weighs1,200 pounds. The forelegs are longer thanthe hindlegs; this gives the animal an awk-ward appearance. Only the male has antlers,which are broad and flat, with a number ofprongs. The male is called bull moose. Themoose is clumsy, but it is fleet of foot and isa dangeious foe when at bay. The male will protect his family even to the point oflosing his own life. In winter the animalsherd together, several families being found. HEAD OF MALE MOOSEin one gi-oup; in the summer they scatter, andindividual pairs are found around lakes andstreams. They are becoming scarcer everyyear, owing to the zeal of hunters, but are yetfound in considerable numbers in the forestsof Canada and Maine; there are a few inNorthern Minnesota. MOOSEHEAD LAKE, a lake in Maine,on the border of Somerset and Piscataquiscounties. Its length is about thirty-five miles;its width, from one to ten miles. The MooseRiver and several other streams flow into thelake, while the Kennebec River and the Pen-obscot River flow out of it. The lake is navi-gable for steamboats. It is visited annuallyby many fishermen and tourists. MOOSE JAW, Sask., at the junction ofMoose Jaw River and Thunder Bay Creek,about forty miles nearly west of Regina and400 miles west of Winnipeg. It is in the heartof th
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