. A list of the mammals of Manitoba [microform]. Mammals; Mammifères. raC5S5SDBS3SHWI ... THE MAMMALS OF MANITOBA. â n arehouse, are. No. 3.âHead of Moose. From apeciniun tii poHseSBioii of Mr. S. 8. CumaiiiigH, of Winnipeg. [not brand as total untruths the stories one occasionally hears from hunters, I of seven foot, thousan<i pound moose, for the eminent authority, Judge ICaton, is of the opinion that specimens have been killed weighing nearly 11,400 lbs., and such would in all likelihood be at least seven feet at the I shoulders. The largest moose head I have ever seen is that
. A list of the mammals of Manitoba [microform]. Mammals; Mammifères. raC5S5SDBS3SHWI ... THE MAMMALS OF MANITOBA. â n arehouse, are. No. 3.âHead of Moose. From apeciniun tii poHseSBioii of Mr. S. 8. CumaiiiigH, of Winnipeg. [not brand as total untruths the stories one occasionally hears from hunters, I of seven foot, thousan<i pound moose, for the eminent authority, Judge ICaton, is of the opinion that specimens have been killed weighing nearly 11,400 lbs., and such would in all likelihood be at least seven feet at the I shoulders. The largest moose head I have ever seen is that in the possession of jMr. Cummings, of Winnipeg. The antlers measure 57 inches from tip to jtip, each is 33x25 inches across the palmation, and the estimated weight of [the pair is 50 pounds. I would venture the opinion taat the animal they Ibelonged to was considerably over six feet at the withers. The neck of the Moose is about a foot long, and of necessity very thick and strong to carry the weighty This lack of attenuated grace, com- bined with the peculiar muzzle and long limbs, has moved many writers to a volley of raillery at what they style the grotesque an J ungainly appearance of the animal. But 1 «Jo not hesitate to aver that no one wlio has studied the living Moose without predjudice will for a moment champion any such senti- ments. On first sight it is bound to look strange, but so does the Elephant knd, like that animal, the Moose, though devoid bf the airy grace that dis- |inguishes our smaller deer, is possessed of a beauty that manifests itself in erfect adjustment, and of a majesty that is inseparable from vast size and itrength. The Moose was at one time an abundant species iu nearly all the wooded hgions of the higher latitudes, buc at present its range is much less exten- [ive, and it is found in great numbers only about the south of Hudson's Bay, Ind in the region north of (ireat Slave Lake, in Manitoba it is sparingly Bistributed wherever
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